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Events of Wednesday, August 5, 1998

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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