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Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1988
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Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1988
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BAL A 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 14 1
CAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 x - 7 9 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Harvey (6-4)
LP: Williamson (4-6)
HR: Traber (9), Ray (5)
DET A 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 2 - 9 13 1
CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 5 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Morris (12-12)
LP: John Davis (2-5)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 1 4 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Leibrandt (10-11)
LP: Swindell (14-13)
TOR A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 9 0
MIL A 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x - 4 9 1
BOX+PBP
WP: August (8-6)
LP: Flanagan (11-12)
SV: Crim (8)
HR: Yount (11)
BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
OAK A 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 x - 7 12 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Davis (14-4)
LP: Smithson (6-5)
HR: Henderson (21), McGwire (27)
NY A 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 1
SEA A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Rhoden (8-10)
LP: Bankhead (7-9)
MIN A 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 - 10 13 2
TEX A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Viola (20-6)
LP: Kilgus (11-12)
HR: Puckett 2 (21)
STL N 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 2
ATL N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 8 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Terry (6-3)
LP: P. Smith (7-13)
SV: Worrell (27)
HR: Brunansky (20), Murphy (23)
PIT N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0
CIN N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 4 6 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Charlton (1-2)
LP: Gott (6-5)
SV: Franco (29)
HR: Daniels (14)
CHI N 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Sutcliffe (11-11)
LP: Deshaies (9-11)
HR: Sutcliffe (1)
LA N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 12 0
MON N 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Parrett (11-3)
LP: Pena (5-6)
SD N 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 6 13 1
NY N 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Hawkins (13-10)
LP: Leach (6-2)
SV: Davis (24)
SF N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 3 0
PHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Garrelts (5-7)
LP: Ruffin (6-10)
HR: Bradley (9)
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Standings At Close of Play of August 31, 1988
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
New York Mets 132 78 54 0 .591 - 551 446
Pittsburgh Pirates 133 71 62 0 .534 7.5 537 507
Montreal Expos 133 67 65 1 .508 11.0 506 485
Chicago Cubs 132 66 65 1 .504 11.5 526 525
St. Louis Cardinals 133 62 71 0 .466 16.5 485 508
Philadelphia Phillies 133 54 78 1 .409 24.0 497 602
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Los Angeles Dodgers 133 77 55 1 .583 - 546 471
Houston Astros 133 71 62 0 .534 6.5 537 520
San Francisco Giants 133 70 63 0 .526 7.5 576 520
Cincinnati Reds 132 68 64 0 .515 9.0 524 510
San Diego Padres 132 65 67 0 .492 12.0 459 485
Atlanta Braves 133 45 88 0 .338 32.5 479 644
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Detroit Tigers 132 75 57 0 .568 - 595 524
Boston Red Sox 132 73 59 0 .553 2.0 668 581
New York Yankees 131 69 62 0 .527 5.5 643 621
Milwaukee Brewers 136 69 67 0 .507 8.0 567 530
Toronto Blue Jays 133 65 68 0 .489 10.5 612 576
Cleveland Indians 133 64 69 0 .481 11.5 574 619
Baltimore Orioles 132 46 86 0 .348 29.0 469 655
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Oakland Athletics 134 84 50 0 .627 - 655 517
Minnesota Twins 132 74 58 0 .561 9.0 639 562
Kansas City Royals 132 70 62 0 .530 13.0 592 524
California Angels 133 68 65 0 .511 15.5 620 635
Texas Rangers 131 60 71 0 .458 22.5 519 596
Chicago White Sox 133 58 75 0 .436 25.5 535 660
Seattle Mariners 134 54 80 0 .403 30.0 562 650
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Matt Adams
Caleb Gindl
Deaths on This Date
John Daley (101)
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Transactions
Chicago White Sox signed Jerry Hairston as a free agent.
Boston Red Sox returned John Trautwein to Montreal Expos.
Minnesota Twins traded Doug Kline to Baltimore Orioles completing trade in which
Baltimore Orioles traded Jim Dwyer to Minnesota Twins in exchange for a player to be
named later (August 29, 1988).
Houston Astros traded Denny Walling to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bob
Forsch.
Detroit Tigers traded Chris Hoiles and 2 players to be named later to Baltimore
Orioles in exchange for Fred Lynn; Baltimore Orioles received Cesar Mejia and
Robinson Garces (September 9, 1988).
Detroit Tigers traded Rey Palacios and Mark Lee to Kansas City Royals in exchange
for Ted Power.
Montreal Expos traded John Trautwein to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Victor
Rosario.
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