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Events of Wednesday, August 18, 2004

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Events of Wednesday, August 18, 2004

8-17-2004 8-19-2004   8-18-2003 8-18-2005 

OAK A    0  0  0    2  0  2    0  1  0  -   5 11  0
BAL A    0  2  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  6  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Mulder (16-4)
LP: Ryan (3-3)
SV: Dotel (12)
HR: Durazo 3 (18)

TOR A    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   4  9  1
BOS A    4  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  8  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Wakefield (9-7)
LP: Batista (9-9)

DET A    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
CHI A    5  0  0    1  0  2    1  0  x  -   9  9  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Contreras (11-5)
LP: Bonderman (6-10)
HR: Rowand 2 (18)

SEA A    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  5  0
KC  A    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  x  -   3  5  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Carrasco (2-1)
LP: Franklin (3-12)
HR: Cabrera (4), Buck (5)

NY  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  6  0
MIN A    1  0  0    3  0  3    0  0  x  -   7 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Santana (13-6)
LP: Mussina (9-7)
HR: Stewart (7), Jones (20)

ANA A    1  0  3    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  8  0
TB  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  3  -   4  5  3
BOX+PBP
WP: Colon (12-9)
LP: Hendrickson (8-12)
HR: Guerrero (26)

CLE A    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  2
TEX A    2  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  x  -   5  9  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Rogers (15-5)
LP: Elarton (2-3)
SV: Cordero (37)
HR: Blake (21), Dellucci (12), Blalock 2 (26)

PIT N    0  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
ARI N    0  0  1    0  5  0    0  0  x  -   6  8  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Fossum (3-12)
LP: Van Benschoten (0-1)
SV: Aquino (5)
HR: Bay (17), Hillenbrand (13), Hairston (11)

FLA N    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  4  -   6 10  0
LA  N    0  1  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Mota (9-5)
LP: Gagne (4-2)
SV: Benitez (36)
HR: Finley (26), Bradley (16), Green (18)

CHI N    1  0  2    0  1  0    1  0  0    0  2  -   7 12  1
MIL N    0  0  3    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  -   5  9  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Mercker (3-0)
LP: Phelps (0-1)
SV: Hawkins (18)
HR: Patterson (16), Lee (25), Branyan 2 (6)

HOU N    1  0  0    6  0  0    0  2  0  -   9 13  2
PHI N    1  0  3    1  0  0    3  0  0  -   8 11  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Harville (1-2)
LP: Jones (8-4)
SV: Lidge (14)
HR: Polanco (10), Byrd (4)

ATL N    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  2  -   6 15  1
SD  N    1  0  0    0  2  2    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Reitsma (5-3)
LP: Hoffman (2-3)
SV: Smoltz (31)
HR: A. Jones (21), Loretta (14), Brian Giles (18)

MON N    0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  3  -   6 10  0  (1)
SF  N    1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Biddle (4-6)
LP: Hennessey (1-2)
HR: Vidro (13)

MON N    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  1  -   4  8  1  (2)
SF  N    2  0  6    2  1  0    2  1  x  -  14 14  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Franklin (2-0)
LP: Tucker (3-2)
HR: Bonds (34), Mohr (7)

CIN N    2  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
STL N    0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  2  -   4  9  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Hancock (3-1)
LP: Williams (9-7)
SV: Graves (37)
HR: Pena (22), Rolen (29)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 18, 2004

NL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Atlanta Braves                 119   68   51    0  .571     -   577  493
Florida Marlins                119   60   59    0  .504   8.0   523  515
Philadelphia Phillies          120   59   61    0  .492   9.5   591  596
New York Mets                  117   56   61    0  .479  11.0   523  513
Montreal Expos                 120   50   70    0  .417  18.5   460  558

NL Central

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
St. Louis Cardinals            119   78   41    0  .655     -   636  484
Chicago Cubs                   119   64   55    0  .538  14.0   554  471
Houston Astros                 119   59   60    0  .496  19.0   548  511
Pittsburgh Pirates             118   57   61    0  .483  20.5   521  531
Cincinnati Reds                120   57   63    0  .475  21.5   568  687
Milwaukee Brewers              118   55   63    0  .466  22.5   470  544

NL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Los Angeles Dodgers            119   70   49    0  .588     -   555  470
San Francisco Giants           123   67   56    0  .545   5.0   642  612
San Diego Padres               120   64   56    0  .533   6.5   553  510
Colorado Rockies               119   54   65    0  .454  16.0   638  691
Arizona Diamondbacks           122   37   85    0  .303  34.5   489  703

AL East

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               119   75   44    0  .630     -   654  581
Boston Red Sox                 119   67   52    0  .563   8.0   677  570
Baltimore Orioles              119   57   62    0  .479  18.0   614  628
Tampa Bay Devil Rays           120   55   65    0  .458  20.5   518  585
Toronto Blue Jays              121   49   72    0  .405  27.0   516  599

AL Central

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Minnesota Twins                119   66   53    0  .555     -   554  531
Cleveland Indians              122   63   59    0  .516   4.5   671  663
Chicago White Sox              117   60   57    0  .513   5.0   628  565
Detroit Tigers                 119   55   64    0  .462  11.0   625  618
Kansas City Royals             118   43   75    0  .364  22.5   502  656

AL West

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Oakland Athletics              120   68   52    0  .567     -   604  536
Texas Rangers                  119   67   52    0  .563   0.5   639  575
Anaheim Angels                 120   66   54    0  .550   2.0   601  559
Seattle Mariners               119   45   74    0  .378  22.5   503  599
ML League Leaders 

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
PIT N  John Van Benschoten (24)

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
BOS A  Earl Snyder (28)
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Transactions


Boston Red Sox released Matt Beech.

Chicago White Sox signed Morgan Burkhart as a free agent.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Robert Fick.

Texas Rangers signed Ken Huckaby as a free agent.

Pittsburgh Pirates signed Hansel Izquierdo as a free agent.

Pittsburgh Pirates released Randall Simon.

Cleveland Indians sent Scott Stewart to Los Angeles Dodgers for future considerations.
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