Events of Monday, August 8, 1988 (original) (raw)
Events of Monday, August 8, 1988
Events of Monday, August 8, 1988
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SEA A 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 - 4 9 0 CAL A 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 5 2
BOX+PBP WP: Langston (8-9) LP: McCaskill (8-6) SV: Schooler (8) HR: Armas (7)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 0 MIN A 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 x - 7 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Anderson (10-7) LP: Codiroli (0-3) SV: Reardon (29) HR: Kittle (15), Castillo (2), Larkin (5)
CHI A 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 5 11 2 OAK A 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 x - 9 14 1
BOX+PBP WP: Welch (13-6) LP: Long (4-7) SV: Eckersley (33) HR: Boston (14), McGwire (20), Hubbard (2)
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 6 0 TEX A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Tanana (13-7) LP: Russell (8-5) SV: Henneman (19) HR: Sierra (16)
KC A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 TOR A 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 x - 5 13 0
BOX+PBP WP: Musselman (4-1) LP: Saberhagen (12-11) SV: Henke (21) HR: Whitt (6)
SF N 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 ATL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 4 1
BOX+PBP WP: Davis (1-1) LP: Smoltz (1-3) SV: Garrelts (10) HR: Gant (13)
LA N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 2 HOU N 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 x - 10 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Scott (12-3) LP: Hillegas (3-4)
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 PIT N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 1 5 2
BOX+PBP WP: Reed (1-0) LP: Ojeda (8-10) SV: Gott (18)
MON N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 10 1 STL N 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 x - 4 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Forsch (6-3) LP: Perez (8-6) SV: Worrell (21)
Standings At Close of Play of August 8, 1988
NL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Mets 111 67 44 0 .604 - 470 376 Pittsburgh Pirates 111 61 50 0 .550 6.0 458 424 Montreal Expos 111 60 50 1 .545 6.5 436 399 Chicago Cubs 110 53 56 1 .486 13.0 431 440 Philadelphia Phillies 111 48 62 1 .436 18.5 425 495 St. Louis Cardinals 111 48 63 0 .432 19.0 400 451
NL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Los Angeles Dodgers 111 62 48 1 .564 - 462 396 Houston Astros 111 61 50 0 .550 1.5 481 452 San Francisco Giants 111 59 52 0 .532 3.5 489 449 Cincinnati Reds 110 55 55 0 .500 7.0 438 426 San Diego Padres 111 51 60 0 .459 11.5 382 427 Atlanta Braves 111 38 73 0 .342 24.5 419 556
AL East
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 111 67 44 0 .604 - 507 417 New York Yankees 108 62 46 0 .574 3.5 553 459 Boston Red Sox 110 63 47 0 .573 3.5 561 476 Milwaukee Brewers 112 56 56 0 .500 11.5 450 421 Toronto Blue Jays 113 55 58 0 .487 13.0 535 494 Cleveland Indians 112 53 59 0 .473 14.5 487 528 Baltimore Orioles 110 37 73 0 .336 29.5 381 556
AL West
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Oakland Athletics 113 70 43 0 .619 - 547 445 Minnesota Twins 111 62 49 0 .559 7.0 531 483 California Angels 112 57 55 0 .509 12.5 519 544 Kansas City Royals 111 56 55 0 .505 13.0 487 449 Texas Rangers 109 48 61 0 .440 20.0 415 486 Chicago White Sox 112 49 63 0 .438 20.5 461 565 Seattle Mariners 112 43 69 0 .384 26.5 457 568
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) PIT N Rick Reed (23)
Transactions
Chicago Cubs signed Bill Scherrer as a free agent.