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Events of Tuesday, August 16, 1988

Events of Tuesday, August 16, 1988
8-15-1988 8-17-1988 8-16-1987 8-16-1989
OAK A 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 0
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Davis (12-4)
LP: Tibbs (4-10)
SV: Eckersley (34)
HR: Henderson (18), Murray (23)
SEA A 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 - 7 13 1
BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 9 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Bankhead (6-7)
LP: Gardner (5-4)
HR: Quinones (10)
TOR A 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 4 10 0
CHI A 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: McDowell (5-8)
LP: Key (7-3)
SV: Thigpen (26)
HR: Fisk (11)
MIL A 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 13 2
CLE A 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 13 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Bailes (8-11)
LP: Crim (5-6)
HR: Hall (5), Snyder (21)
MIN A 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 0
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Blyleven (8-11)
LP: Morris (10-12)
SV: Reardon (31)
HR: Hrbek (22), Whitaker (9)
TEX A 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 5 10 0
KC A 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Hough (10-13)
LP: Gubicza (14-7)
SV: Williams (15)
CAL A 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 15 19 0
NY A 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 - 6 10 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Fraser (9-10)
LP: Rhoden (7-9)
HR: Joyner (9), Downing (19), Washington (7), Mattingly 2 (13), Winfield (21), Velarde (4)
CHI N 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 0
CIN N 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 x - 6 10 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Williams (3-1)
LP: Lancaster (4-6)
SV: Franco (26)
HR: Jackson (4), Eric Davis (21), Diaz (10)
PHI N 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 - 5 11 1
LA N 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 x - 7 11 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Leary (13-8)
LP: Carman (9-7)
SV: J. Howell (15)
HR: Gibson (23)
ATL N 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
PIT N 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 x - 4 8 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Drabek (12-5)
LP: P. Smith (5-12)
SV: Gott (21)
HR: Van Slyke (21), Reynolds (6)
MON N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2
SD N 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 x - 6 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Jones (8-10)
LP: Holman (2-5)
SV: McCullers (9)
NY N 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 13 15 1
SF N 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 - 6 11 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Gooden (14-6)
LP: Hammaker (6-5)
HR: Strawberry (30), McReynolds (19), Maldonado (8)
HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2
STL N 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x - 3 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Terry (3-3)
LP: Deshaies (8-10)
SV: Dayley (4)
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Standings At Close of Play of August 16, 1988
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
New York Mets 119 71 48 0 .597 - 515 417
Pittsburgh Pirates 120 66 54 0 .550 5.5 509 471
Montreal Expos 119 63 55 1 .534 7.5 469 439
Chicago Cubs 117 57 59 1 .491 12.5 466 472
St. Louis Cardinals 118 52 66 0 .441 18.5 419 468
Philadelphia Phillies 119 51 67 1 .432 19.5 461 534
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Los Angeles Dodgers 119 67 51 1 .568 - 499 440
Houston Astros 119 64 55 0 .538 3.5 496 481
San Francisco Giants 119 62 57 0 .521 5.5 527 479
Cincinnati Reds 117 60 57 0 .513 6.5 473 456
San Diego Padres 119 56 63 0 .471 11.5 412 448
Atlanta Braves 119 41 78 0 .345 26.5 442 583
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Detroit Tigers 118 69 49 0 .585 - 539 461
Boston Red Sox 118 66 52 0 .559 3.0 602 525
New York Yankees 115 64 51 0 .557 3.5 584 513
Milwaukee Brewers 121 61 60 0 .504 9.5 492 457
Toronto Blue Jays 120 60 60 0 .500 10.0 561 515
Cleveland Indians 119 56 63 0 .471 13.5 516 567
Baltimore Orioles 118 39 79 0 .331 30.0 416 598
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Oakland Athletics 120 76 44 0 .633 - 584 460
Minnesota Twins 118 67 51 0 .568 8.0 573 509
Kansas City Royals 119 61 58 0 .513 14.5 526 474
California Angels 119 60 59 0 .504 15.5 547 576
Chicago White Sox 119 53 66 0 .445 22.5 486 599
Texas Rangers 117 52 65 0 .444 22.5 450 522
Seattle Mariners 119 46 73 0 .387 29.5 489 589
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Justin Grimm
J.C. Ramirez
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
TEX A Larry See (28)
BOS A John Trautwein (26)
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Transactions
San Francisco Giants traded Alan Cockrell to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Karl
Best.
Baltimore Orioles traded Kevin Price and D.L. Smith to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange
for Tim Pyznarski.
Los Angeles Dodgers traded Pedro Guerrero to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for
John Tudor.
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