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Saturday, August 8,2020

Saturday, August 8,2020

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 San Francisco Giants  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Johnny Cueto Clayton Kershaw Trevor Gott 0 2:54
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Cincinnati Reds  4 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp Miller Park Anthony DeSclafani Brett Anderson Raisel Iglesias 0 2:40
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Miami Marlins  4 New York Mets  8 box | pbp Citi Field David Peterson Daniel Castano -- 0 3:03
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Atlanta Braves  0 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Citizens Bank Park Jake Arrieta Kyle Wright -- 0 2:31
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Detroit Tigers  11 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp PNC Park Ivan Nova Derek Holland -- 0 3:22
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Arizona Diamondbacks  3 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp PETCO Park Merrill Kelly Chris Paddack Archie Bradley 0 2:51
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Baltimore Orioles  5 Washington Nationals  3 box | pbp Nationals Park Shawn Armstrong Daniel Hudson Miguel Castro 0 3:27
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Toronto Blue Jays  2 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Anthony Kay Marcus Walden Anthony Bass 0 3:18
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Cleveland Indians  7 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Zach Plesac Drew Anderson -- 0 3:11
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Minnesota Twins  6 Kansas City Royals  9 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Tyler Zuber Lewis Thorpe Trevor Rosenthal 0 3:55
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Houston Astros  1 Oakland Athletics  3 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Frankie Montas Framber Valdez Liam Hendriks 0 2:24
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Colorado Rockies  5 Seattle Mariners  0 box | pbp Safeco Field Jeff Hoffman Anthony Misiewicz -- 0 2:49
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 New York Yankees  8 Tampa Bay Rays  4 box | pbp Tropicana Field Chad Green Tyler Glasnow -- 0 2:52
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 New York Yankees  3 Tampa Bay Rays  5 box | pbp Tropicana Field Peter Fairbanks Michael King Nick Anderson 0 2:47
2020 reg season 2020-08-08 Los Angeles Angels  0 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Edinson Volquez Patrick Sandoval Rafael Montero 0 2:46
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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
2020 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 0.0 76 61 15 L1 4-1 6-4 1 3 7 Yes Lost in Division Series (Rays)
2020 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 2.5 65 62 3 W2 3-4 4-3 2 7 13 -- dnq
2020 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 3.0 61 61 0 W1 7-3 0-5 3 8 16 -- Lost World Series (Dodgers)
2020 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 12 5 7 .417 3.5 36 47 -11 W1 0-2 5-5 4 10 20 -- Lost in Wild Card Series (Rays)
2020 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 14 5 9 .357 4.5 58 67 -9 L1 2-5 3-4 5 13 27 -- 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
2020 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 0.0 76 51 25 L3 7-1 3-4 1 2 6 Yes Lost in Wild Card Series (Astros)
2020 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 12 7 5 .583 1.5 66 67 -1 W2 3-4 4-1 2 4 9 Yes dnq
2020 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 1.5 54 33 21 W1 6-2 3-5 3 5 10 Yes Lost in Wild Card Series (Yankees)
2020 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 2.0 65 67 -2 L1 2-5 6-2 4 6 11 -- Lost in Wild Card Series (Athletics)
2020 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 16 6 10 .375 4.5 70 77 -7 W3 3-4 3-6 5 12 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
2020 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 15 11 4 .733 0.0 64 46 18 W8 8-3 3-1 1 1 4 Yes Lost in Division Series (Astros)
2020 AL West Houston Astros franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.5 74 68 6 L4 3-3 3-5 2 9 18 -- Lost in ALCS (Rays)
2020 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 5.0 42 57 -15 W2 4-3 1-5 3 11 24 -- dnq
2020 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 15 5 10 .333 6.0 69 73 -4 L2 2-4 3-6 4 14 28 -- dnq
2020 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 16 5 11 .313 6.5 61 101 -40 L3 2-7 3-4 5 15 29 -- 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
2020 NL East Miami Marlins franchise | log 9 7 2 .778 0.0 40 34 6 L1 2-0 5-2 1 2 2 Yes Lost in Division Series (Braves)
2020 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 15 9 6 .600 1.0 74 58 16 L1 7-2 2-4 2 5 8 Yes Lost in NLCS (Dodgers)
2020 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 8 4 4 .500 2.5 40 37 3 W2 3-3 1-1 3 7 14 -- dnq
2020 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 4.0 62 74 -12 W1 2-5 4-4 4 12 22 -- dnq
2020 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 4.0 33 44 -11 L3 2-7 2-0 5 14 26 -- 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
2020 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 13 10 3 .769 0.0 65 58 7 L1 7-1 3-2 1 3 3 Yes Lost in Wild Card Series (Marlins)
2020 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 4.0 64 68 -4 W2 3-5 4-3 2 8 15 -- Lost in Wild Card Series (Braves)
2020 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 12 5 7 .417 4.5 43 52 -9 L2 0-4 5-3 3 10 19 -- Lost in Wild Card Series (Dodgers)
2020 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 4.0 18 19 -1 L3 2-1 0-2 4 13 23 -- Lost in Wild Card Series (Padres)
2020 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 15 3 12 .200 8.0 63 92 -29 L2 2-5 1-7 5 15 30 -- 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
2020 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 14 11 3 .786 0.0 77 44 33 W3 5-2 6-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
2020 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 1.5 81 44 37 L1 3-3 7-2 2 4 5 Yes Won World Series (Rays)
2020 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 15 8 7 .533 3.5 77 67 10 L1 5-4 3-3 3 6 12 -- Lost in Division Series (Dodgers)
2020 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 5.0 71 91 -20 W1 3-3 4-6 4 9 17 -- dnq
2020 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 5.5 51 76 -25 W1 3-4 3-5 5 11 21 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Ryan Thompson Tampa Bay Rays Active Recalled from minors
Chi Chi Gonzalez Colorado Rockies IL-10 IL-10 Right biceps tendinitis *Felt tightness while throwing between starts*
Thairo Estrada New York Yankees Active Recalled from minors
Albert Abreu New York Yankees Active Recalled from minors
Sean Gilmartin Tampa Bay Rays Minors Assigned to minors
Chad Sobotka Atlanta Braves Minors Assigned to minors
Drew Anderson Chicago White Sox Active Contract purchased from minors
Nick Mears Pittsburgh Pirates Active Contract purchased from minors
Andrew Suarez San Francisco Giants Active Recalled from minors
Luke Bard Los Angeles Angels Minors Assigned to minors
Patrick Sandoval Los Angeles Angels Active Recalled from minors
Jose De Leon Cincinnati Reds Minors Assigned to minors
Joel Kuhnel Cincinnati Reds Active Recalled from minors
Abraham Almonte San Diego Padres Minors Assigned to minors
Eric Hosmer San Diego Padres Active Activated from Injured List
Derek Dietrich -- Free Agt Released by Cubs
Wei-Chieh Huang -- Free Agt Released by Rangers
Brady Lail Chicago White Sox DFA Designated for assignment
Emilio Bonifacio -- Free Agt Granted free agency
Jake Boone Washington Nationals Minors Signed as undrafted free agent (Princeton)
20 record(s)