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Friday, May 8,1987

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Friday, May 8,1987

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 California Angels  4 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Joe Sambito DeWayne Buice -- 32,072 2:49
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Baltimore Orioles  7 Chicago White Sox  6 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ken Dixon Ray Searage -- 16,767 3:18
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Kansas City Royals  9 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mark Gubicza Ken Schrom Dan Quisenberry 32,720 3:32
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Oakland Athletics  7 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Curt Young Frank Tanana -- 13,949 2:40
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Seattle Mariners  4 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Stan Clarke Chris Bosio Bill Wilkinson 20,512 4:06
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Minnesota Twins  7 New York Yankees  11 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Cecilio Guante Jeff Reardon -- 25,921 3:07
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Toronto Blue Jays  7 Texas Rangers  4 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Jim Clancy Jose Guzman Mark Eichhorn 21,832 3:07
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 New York Mets  3 Atlanta Braves  4 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Gene Garber Jesse Orosco -- 26,044 3:21
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Cinergy Field Tom Browning Bruce Ruffin John Franco 37,176 2:16
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tim Conroy Alejandro Pena Ricky Horton 48,667 2:55
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Houston Astros  3 Montreal Expos  0 box | pbp Stade Olympique Mike Scott Neal Heaton -- 9,692 2:04
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Chicago Cubs  6 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Rick Sutcliffe Storm Davis Lee Smith 46,533 2:55
1987 reg season 1987-05-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Kelly Downs Brian Fisher Scott Garrelts 17,985 2:35
13 record(s)
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 27 20 7 .741 0.0 157 125 32 L4 11-4 9-3 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 28 18 10 .643 2.5 149 111 38 W2 8-10 10-0 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 26 16 10 .615 3.5 121 108 13 W1 6-6 10-4 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 7.5 123 133 -10 W3 4-13 9-2 4 8 16 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 28 12 16 .429 8.5 128 135 -7 W1 8-7 4-9 5 10 19 -- dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 10.0 108 111 -3 L1 5-10 5-7 6 13 23 -- Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 28 9 19 .321 11.5 116 166 -50 L5 4-11 5-8 7 14 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 25 14 11 .560 0.0 112 102 10 W5 4-6 10-5 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 29 16 13 .552 0.0 145 136 9 L1 8-5 8-8 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 0.5 136 132 4 L1 5-7 10-6 3 6 11 -- Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 29 15 14 .517 1.0 142 155 -13 W1 6-6 9-8 4 7 13 -- dnq
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 29 13 16 .448 3.0 130 132 -2 W1 4-9 9-7 5 9 17 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 4.0 89 100 -11 L2 7-6 3-9 6 11 21 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 25 10 15 .400 4.0 115 125 -10 L1 1-10 9-5 7 12 22 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 27 16 11 .593 0.0 151 126 25 W3 9-3 7-8 1 3 6 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 28 16 12 .571 0.5 130 116 14 W1 10-3 6-9 2 5 8 Yes dnq
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 2.5 118 127 -9 L1 5-5 8-8 3 7 14 -- dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 4.0 109 133 -24 L1 10-10 2-5 4 9 18 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 26 11 15 .423 4.5 111 123 -12 L3 3-8 8-7 5 10 20 -- dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 26 8 18 .308 7.5 103 140 -37 L4 3-6 5-12 6 11 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 28 19 9 .679 0.0 153 107 46 W1 10-5 9-4 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 30 20 10 .667 0.0 146 118 28 W2 12-6 8-4 2 2 3 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 27 16 11 .593 2.5 118 100 18 W3 7-8 9-3 3 4 7 Yes dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 30 16 14 .533 4.0 126 113 13 L1 8-9 8-5 4 6 12 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 28 13 15 .464 6.0 134 138 -4 W1 5-7 8-8 5 8 15 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 31 7 24 .226 13.5 108 166 -58 L4 3-12 4-12 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Harold Baines Chicago White Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
Lee Lacy Baltimore Orioles Hist Activated from Disabled List
2 record(s)