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Events of Wednesday, August 5, 1998

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Events of Wednesday, August 5, 1998

8-4-1998 8-6-1998   8-5-1997 8-5-1999 

CIN N    3  0  0    0  3  0    0  3  4  -  13 16  2
ATL N    3  0  0    3  0  3    0  0  0  -   9 10  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Hudek (4-5)
LP: Springer (5-4)
HR: Young (10), Greene (14), Klesko (16), Lopez (23)

ARI N    3  2  0    0  0  2    0  3  0  -  10 14  1
CHI N    1  0  2    0  0  1    0  3  0  -   7  7  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Benes (9-11)
LP: Wood (11-6)
SV: Olson (20)
HR: Fox (8), Batista (7), Sosa (43)

HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0  -   3  6  1
FLA N    0  1  3    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   5  9  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Sanchez (5-6)
LP: Hampton (9-6)
SV: Mantei (6)
HR: Berry (7), Lee (13)

STL N    0  1  0    4  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  1
MIL N    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Mercker (8-8)
LP: Juden (7-11)
HR: Mabry (7)

LA  N    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  0
MON N    2  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   5  6  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Pavano (4-5)
LP: Dreifort (6-10)
SV: Urbina (25)
HR: May (2)

SF  N    0  0  0    2  2  2    0  0  0  -   6 14  0
NY  N    0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Ortiz (1-1)
LP: Jones (7-7)
SV: Nen (29)

COL N    0  0  0    0  4  0    0  2  0  -   6  8  1
PIT N    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Wright (6-10)
LP: Cordova (9-10)
HR: Wright (1)

PHI N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
SD  N    0  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Brown (14-3)
LP: Schilling (10-11)

CLE A    0  0  1    0  0  3    0  0  2  -   6 10  1
ANA A    0  1  2    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   5 11  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Shuey (4-1)
LP: Percival (2-5)
SV: Assenmacher (1)
HR: M. Ramirez (27), Salmon (21), Hollins (11)

DET A    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
BAL A    1  0  0    0  0  1    0  4  x  -   6  9  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Guzman (7-12)
LP: Thompson (9-9)
HR: Alomar (10), Palmeiro (34)

KC  A    0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  1  -   4  7  2
MIN A    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  6  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Belcher (11-9)
LP: Rodriguez (1-1)
SV: Montgomery (25)
HR: Offerman (5), Fasano (5), Steinbach (10)

NY  A    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
OAK A    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   3  2  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Candiotti (7-13)
LP: Irabu (10-5)
HR: Martinez (18), Henderson (9)

CHI A    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  5
TB  A    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  6  x  -   7 12  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Hernandez (2-4)
LP: Howry (0-2)
HR: Jeff Abbott (6), Thomas (19), Belle (35), McGriff (12)

TOR A    0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   3  7  0
TEX A    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4  6  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Wetteland (3-1)
LP: Myers (3-4)
HR: Juan Gonzalez (32)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 5, 1998

NL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Atlanta Braves                 114   75   39    0  .658     -   595  434
New York Mets                  111   59   52    0  .532  14.5   487  411
Philadelphia Phillies          112   55   57    0  .491  19.0   509  572
Montreal Expos                 114   46   68    0  .404  29.0   445  557
Florida Marlins                115   41   74    0  .357  34.5   488  637

NL Central

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Houston Astros                 114   68   46    0  .596     -   625  467
Chicago Cubs                   115   64   51    0  .557   4.5   571  527
Milwaukee Brewers              114   57   57    0  .500  11.0   510  533
St. Louis Cardinals            113   53   60    0  .469  14.5   543  567
Cincinnati Reds                114   51   63    0  .447  17.0   493  554
Pittsburgh Pirates             114   51   63    0  .447  17.0   460  479

NL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
San Diego Padres               114   74   40    0  .649     -   561  449
San Francisco Giants           114   62   52    0  .544  12.0   559  500
Los Angeles Dodgers            114   58   56    0  .509  16.0   493  485
Colorado Rockies               114   51   63    0  .447  23.0   551  617
Arizona Diamondbacks           114   43   71    0  .377  31.0   472  584

AL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               109   80   29    0  .734     -   647  422
Boston Red Sox                 111   66   45    0  .595  15.0   608  490
Baltimore Orioles              113   58   55    0  .513  24.0   585  556
Toronto Blue Jays              115   56   58    1  .491  26.5   546  572
Tampa Bay Devil Rays           111   44   67    0  .396  37.0   411  515

AL Central

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Cleveland Indians              113   63   50    0  .558     -   609  530
Minnesota Twins                111   51   60    0  .459  11.0   512  508
Kansas City Royals             112   51   61    0  .455  11.5   495  616
Chicago White Sox              113   49   63    1  .438  13.5   570  674
Detroit Tigers                 111   46   65    0  .414  16.0   484  572

AL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Texas Rangers                  112   61   51    0  .545     -   651  618
Anaheim Angels                 113   60   53    0  .531   1.5   556  553
Oakland Athletics              114   51   63    0  .447  11.0   574  627
Seattle Mariners               112   50   62    0  .446  11.0   594  578
ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

Tobias Myers
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Transactions

Atlanta Braves signed Norm Charlton as a free agent.

New York Mets signed Enrique Cruz as a non-drafted free agent.

Atlanta Braves signed Paul Wagner as a free agent.
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