Friday, August 1st

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 1, 1997

Los Angeles Dodgers 13, Chicago Cubs 9 at Wrigley Field (att. 32,257)

W: Hideo Nomo L: Jeremi Gonzalez

San Francisco Giants 8, Cincinnati Reds 7 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 25,636)

W: Wilson Alvarez L: Kent Mercker S: Rod Beck

Florida Marlins 3, Atlanta Braves 2 (12 inn.) at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 40,669)

W: Jay Powell L: Mike Cather

New York Mets 8, Houston Astros 5 (10 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 33,589)

W: John Franco L: Jose Lima

San Diego Padres 8, Montreal Expos 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 14,929)

W: Joey Hamilton L: Jim Bullinger

Philadelphia Phillies 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 17,171)

W: Garrett Stephenson L: Andy Benes S: Ricky Bottalico

Colorado Rockies 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 22,657)

W: Steve Reed L: Ricardo Rincon S: Jerry Dipoto

Anaheim Angels 9, Chicago White Sox 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 20,953)

W: Allen Watson L: Scott Eyre

Toronto Blue Jays 7, Detroit Tigers 5 at Tiger Stadium (att. 23,682)

W: Pat Hentgen L: Dan Miceli S: Kelvim Escobar

Boston Red Sox 10, Kansas City Royals 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 20,060)

W: Steve Avery L: Jose Rosado

Milwaukee Brewers 8, Seattle Mariners 3 at County Stadium (att. 23,650)

W: Cal Eldred L: Bob Wolcott

New York Yankees 8, Minnesota Twins 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 28,042)

W: Andy Pettitte L: Rich Robertson

Oakland Athletics 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 14,187)

W: T. J. Mathews L: Jesse Orosco

Cleveland Indians 8, Texas Rangers 5 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 44,859)

W: Jose Mesa L: Eric Gunderson S: Paul Assenmacher

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Saturday, August 2nd

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 2, 1997

Chicago Cubs 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 39,953)

W: Kevin Tapani L: Tom Candiotti

Cincinnati Reds 5, San Francisco Giants 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 23,266)

W: Brett Tomko L: Mark Gardner

Atlanta Braves 4, Florida Marlins 2 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 41,643)

W: Denny Neagle L: Al Leiter S: Mark Wohlers

Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 0 at Astrodome (att. 31,929)

W: Mike Hampton L: Bobby Jones

Montreal Expos 6, San Diego Padres 0 at Stade Olympique (att. 19,342)

W: Carlos Perez L: Pete Smith

St. Louis Cardinals 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 16,190)

W: Todd Stottlemyre L: Matt Beech S: Dennis Eckersley

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Colorado Rockies 5 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 32,388)

W: Francisco Cordova L: Bill Swift S: Rich Loiselle

Anaheim Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 28,139)

W: Dennis Springer L: Chris Clemons S: Troy Percival

Detroit Tigers 8, Toronto Blue Jays 7 at Tiger Stadium (att. 22,254)

W: Doug Brocail L: Paul Quantrill S: Todd Jones

Kansas City Royals 10, Boston Red Sox 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 19,701)

W: Tim Belcher L: Aaron Sele

Seattle Mariners 14, Milwaukee Brewers 4 at County Stadium (att. 43,215)

W: Jeff Fassero L: Steve Woodard

Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 33,261)

W: Greg Swindell L: David Cone S: Rick Aguilera

Baltimore Orioles 13, Oakland Athletics 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 21,938)

W: Mike Mussina L: Carlos Reyes

Cleveland Indians 7, Texas Rangers 3 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 23,266)

W: John Smiley L: Bobby Witt

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Sunday, August 3rd

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 3, 1997

Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 (12 inn.) at Wrigley Field (att. 31,280)

W: Ramon Tatis L: Todd Worrell

San Francisco Giants 8, Cincinnati Reds 3 (10 inn.) at Riverfront Stadium (att. 21,272)

W: Roberto Hernandez L: Jeff Shaw

Florida Marlins 8, Atlanta Braves 4 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 41,193)

W: Alex Fernandez L: Kevin Millwood

Houston Astros 3, New York Mets 2 at Astrodome (att. 35,788)

W: Tom Martin L: Greg McMichael

Montreal Expos 6, San Diego Padres 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 25,836)

W: Pedro Martinez L: Andy Ashby

Philadelphia Phillies 10, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 20,094)

W: Mark Leiter L: Donovan Osborne

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Colorado Rockies 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 24,989)

W: Matt Ruebel L: Steve Reed

Anaheim Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 25,041)

W: Chuck Finley L: James Baldwin S: Troy Percival

Detroit Tigers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 27,848)

W: Willie Blair L: Woody Williams S: Todd Jones

Kansas City Royals 5, Boston Red Sox 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 17,649)

W: Ricky Bones L: Tim Wakefield S: Jeff Montgomery

Seattle Mariners 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5 at County Stadium (att. 31,297)

W: Randy Johnson L: Alberto Reyes S: Heathcliff Slocumb

New York Yankees 6, Minnesota Twins 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 36,896)

W: Dwight Gooden L: La Troy Hawkins S: Mariano Rivera

Baltimore Orioles 7, Oakland Athletics 5 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 17,066)

W: Shawn Boskie L: T. J. Mathews S: Randy Myers

Texas Rangers 8, Cleveland Indians 7 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 42,303)

W: John Wetteland L: Mike Jackson

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Monday, August 4th

At Anaheim, Jose Valentin, Dave Nilsson, and Jeremy Burnitz homer in the 4th inning, all off Ken Hill, as Milwaukee beats Anaheim, 5–2, for its 10th victory in 12 games. The loss drops Anaheim into a tie for first place in the AL West with the idle Seattle Mariners.

Manny Ramirez homers and drives in four runs, and Jim Thome hits his 30th homer as the Indians beat Detroit, 7–2. Charles Nagy improves to 12-4 lifetime against the Tigers, his most wins against any club. Thome is the first Cleveland lefthanded hitter to hit 30 homers in successive seasons since Hal Trosky in 1936-37. Scott Sanders (3-9), making his fourth start since being traded to Detroit from Seattle, was the loser. He has lost all three of his decisions in a Tigers uniform.

At Shea, the Mets top the Cards, 4–2, in a rain interupted game. Rick Reed (10–4) wins his 6th straight, beating Manny Aybar, making his ML debut. Lance Johnson has a pair of RBI triples. Completing an unusual major league-minor league sweep, the Pittsfield Mets top the New Jersey Cardinals (NY-Penn League) 8–4, in the earlier 9-inning game.

Kevin Tapani finally makes his Cubs debut, limiting Atlanta to five hits over seven+ innings, as the Cubs win, 3–1. Tapani (1-0) signed to a three-year, $11 million deal with the Cubs after winning 13 games for the White Sox last season, had surgery April four to remove scar tissue in his right index finger.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 4, 1997

San Francisco Giants 9, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 17,930)

W: Kirk Rueter L: Giovanni Carrara

Florida Marlins 4, Houston Astros 1 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 18,323)

W: Livan Hernandez L: Chris Holt S: Jay Powell

New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 17,944)

W: Rick Reed L: Manuel Aybar S: John Franco

Philadelphia Phillies 7, Colorado Rockies 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 15,230)

W: Tyler Green L: Frank Castillo

Atlanta Braves 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 21,609)

W: John Smoltz L: Steve Cooke

Milwaukee Brewers 5, Anaheim Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 16,426)

W: Scott Karl L: Ken Hill S: Mike Fetters

Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 26,832)

W: Charles Nagy L: Scott Sanders

New York Yankees 5, Kansas City Royals 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 29,613)

W: David Wells L: Glendon Rusch S: Mariano Rivera

Minnesota Twins 9, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 19,018)

W: Brad Radke L: Chris Carpenter

Boston Red Sox 11, Texas Rangers 5 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 29,601)

W: Butch Henry L: Danny Patterson

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Tuesday, August 5th

In New York, Houston's Darryl Kile cops his ninth straight decision despite allowing two home runs to John Olerud. Houston hangs on to win, 11–8. Kile (16-3) allows eight runs and 10 hits in seven innings.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 5, 1997

San Francisco Giants 8, Chicago Cubs 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 32,259)

W: Julian Tavarez L: Bob Patterson

Cincinnati Reds 7, San Diego Padres 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 17,797)

W: Mike Remlinger L: Sterling Hitchcock

Florida Marlins 6, Houston Astros 5 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 25,483)

W: Robb Nen L: Billy Wagner

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Montreal Expos 4 (10 inn.) at Stade Olympique (att. 16,769)

W: Todd Worrell L: Ugueth Urbina

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 (10 inn.) at Shea Stadium (att. 22,777)

W: Cory Lidle L: Tony Fossas

Colorado Rockies 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 16,428)

W: Darren Holmes L: Ricky Bottalico S: Jerry Dipoto

Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Atlanta Braves 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 20,069)

W: Jason Schmidt L: Tom Glavine S: Rich Loiselle

Anaheim Angels 6, Milwaukee Brewers 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 20,268)

W: Jason Dickson L: Bryce Florie S: Troy Percival

Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Indians 4 at Tiger Stadium (att. 24,824)

W: Justin Thompson L: Eric Plunk S: Todd Jones

New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 21,073)

W: Kenny Rogers L: Kevin Appier

Toronto Blue Jays 8, Minnesota Twins 3 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 17,920)

W: Robert Person L: Travis Miller

Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 11,676)

W: Doug Drabek L: Steve Karsay S: Matt Karchner

Seattle Mariners 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Kingdome (att. 37,361)

W: Norm Charlton L: Terry Mathews

Boston Red Sox 17, Texas Rangers 1 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 36,289)

W: Tom Gordon L: Jose Alberro

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Wednesday, August 6th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 6, 1997

Atlanta Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Turner Field (att. 46,880)

W: Mark Wohlers L: Mark Petkovsek

San Francisco Giants 7, Chicago Cubs 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 26,942)

W: Pat Rapp L: Terry Mulholland

San Diego Padres 6, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 18,218)

W: Joey Hamilton L: Stan Belinda S: Trevor Hoffman

Montreal Expos 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 16,063)

W: Dustin Hermanson L: Chan Ho Park

Colorado Rockies 4, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 26,633)

W: John Thomson L: Dave Mlicki

Philadelphia Phillies 6, Houston Astros 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 15,557)

W: Garrett Stephenson L: Ramon Garcia S: Ricky Bottalico

Florida Marlins 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 32,594)

W: Kevin Brown L: Esteban Loaiza

Anaheim Angels 8, Milwaukee Brewers 6 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 25,227)

W: Allen Watson L: Cal Eldred S: Troy Percival

Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 14,640)

W: Jose Rosado L: A. J. Sager S: Jeff Montgomery

Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 12,450)

W: Tim Wakefield L: Rich Robertson S: Butch Henry

Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 11,601)

W: T. J. Mathews L: Jaime Navarro S: Billy Taylor

Baltimore Orioles 4, Seattle Mariners 3 (11 inn.) at Kingdome (att. 38,871)

W: Jesse Orosco L: Heathcliff Slocumb S: Randy Myers

Texas Rangers 6, New York Yankees 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 34,067)

W: Darren Oliver L: Andy Pettitte

Toronto Blue Jays 6, Cleveland Indians 3 at Skydome (att. 36,463)

W: Pat Hentgen L: Albie Lopez S: Kelvim Escobar

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Thursday, August 7th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 7, 1997

Atlanta Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Turner Field (att. 46,687)

W: Denny Neagle L: Todd Stottlemyre S: Mark Wohlers

Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco Giants 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 24,510)

W: Jeremi Gonzalez L: Wilson Alvarez

Cincinnati Reds 7, San Diego Padres 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 17,458)

W: Brett Tomko L: Danny Jackson

Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Montreal Expos 4 at Stade Olympique (att. 14,214)

W: Hideo Nomo L: Jim Bullinger

New York Mets 12, Colorado Rockies 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 29,536)

W: Mark Clark L: Bill Swift

Philadelphia Phillies 6, Houston Astros 5 (11 inn.) at Veteran's Stadium (att. 18,046)

W: Billy Brewer L: Tom Martin

Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Florida Marlins 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 18,042)

W: Marc Wilkins L: Al Leiter

Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 21,497)

W: Glenn Dishman L: Tim Belcher

Boston Red Sox 7, Minnesota Twins 6 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 11,899)

W: Aaron Sele L: Shane Bowers S: Jim Corsi

Oakland Athletics 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4 (13 inn.) at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 8,001)

W: Dane Johnson L: Doug Jones

Seattle Mariners 3, Chicago White Sox 2 at Kingdome (att. 29,319)

W: Jeff Fassero L: Scott Eyre S: Heathcliff Slocumb

New York Yankees 4, Texas Rangers 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 39,918)

W: David Cone L: Bobby Witt S: Mariano Rivera

Toronto Blue Jays 4, Cleveland Indians 0 at Skydome (att. 35,194)

W: Roger Clemens L: John Smiley

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Friday, August 8th

The Mets trade OF Lance Johnson, P Mark Clark, and IF Manny Alexander to the Cubs for pitchers Mel Rojas and Turk Wendell, and OF Brian McRae. The Cubs also waive Terry Mulholland to the Giants.

The Cards end a homerless drought of 104.2 innings (as noted by Tom Ruane) when Ray Lankford and Mark McGwire hit back-to-back homers in the 3rd inning. The homerless streak is the longest of the 1990s. For McGwire, it is his first of the year as the Cards win 6–1 over the Phillies.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 8, 1997

Florida Marlins 6, Atlanta Braves 4 at Turner Field (att. 49,335)

W: Alex Fernandez L: Paul Byrd S: Robb Nen

Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego Padres 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 27,598)

W: Marc Pisciotta L: Doug Bochtler

Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Cincinnati Reds 5 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 26,837)

W: Tom Candiotti L: Mike Morgan S: Darren Dreifort

Colorado Rockies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Coors Field (att. 48,262)

W: Jamey Wright L: Jon Lieber S: Jerry Dipoto

San Francisco Giants 4, Montreal Expos 0 at Stade Olympique (att. 16,223)

W: Mark Gardner L: Carlos Perez

New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 23,818)

W: Brian Bohanon L: Shane Reynolds

St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 38,300)

W: Donovan Osborne L: Mark Leiter

Baltimore Orioles 6, Anaheim Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 24,944)

W: Mike Mussina L: Dennis Springer S: Randy Myers

Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 2 at Fenway Park (att. 31,777)

W: Steve Avery L: Ricky Bones

Texas Rangers 6, Cleveland Indians 5 at Jacobs Field (att. 43,110)

W: Scott Bailes L: Mike Jackson S: John Wetteland

Minnesota Twins 9, New York Yankees 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 24,201)

W: La Troy Hawkins L: Dwight Gooden

Seattle Mariners 5, Chicago White Sox 0 at Kingdome (att. 42,170)

W: Randy Johnson L: Chris Clemons

Toronto Blue Jays 6, Detroit Tigers 3 at Skydome (att. 30,228)

W: Woody Williams L: Willie Blair S: Kelvim Escobar

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Saturday, August 9th

Toledo (American Association) tops visiting Richmond, 11–10, 13 innings. Mudhen LF Bubba Trammell is four for seven with four home runs and five RBIs. Trammell homers in the 9th inning to tie the game and again in the 13th inning to win it.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 9, 1997

Atlanta Braves 4, Florida Marlins 3 at Turner Field (att. 47,552)

W: John Smoltz L: Rob Stanifer S: Mark Wohlers

San Diego Padres 7, Chicago Cubs 5 at Wrigley Field (att. 38,513)

W: Will Cunnane L: Terry Adams S: Trevor Hoffman

Cincinnati Reds 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 30,809)

W: Gabe White L: Ismael Valdes S: Jeff Shaw

Colorado Rockies 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7 at Coors Field (att. 48,323)

W: Mike Munoz L: Ricardo Rincon

Montreal Expos 2, San Francisco Giants 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 20,296)

W: Pedro Martinez L: Roberto Hernandez

Houston Astros 8, New York Mets 3 at Shea Stadium (att. 34,352)

W: Russ Springer L: Mel Rojas

Philadelphia Phillies 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 42,926)

W: Tyler Green L: Manuel Aybar S: Ricky Bottalico

Anaheim Angels 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 32,207)

W: Chuck Finley L: Arthur Rhodes S: Troy Percival

Kansas City Royals 9, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 31,410)

W: Glendon Rusch L: Jeff Suppan

Texas Rangers 4, Cleveland Indians 3 at Jacobs Field (att. 42,964)

W: Terry Clark L: Charles Nagy S: John Wetteland

Cleveland Indians 4, Texas Rangers 2 at Jacobs Field (att. 41,330)

W: Paul Assenmacher L: Eric Moody S: Jose Mesa

New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 42,151)

W: David Wells L: Brad Radke S: Mariano Rivera

Oakland Athletics 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 11,171)

W: T. J. Mathews L: Bob Wickman S: Billy Taylor

Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 45,063)

W: James Baldwin L: Ken Cloude S: Matt Karchner

Detroit Tigers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Skydome (att. 37,166)

W: Scott Sanders L: Chris Carpenter S: Todd Jones

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Sunday, August 10th

Pitcher Greg Maddux signs a $57.5 million, 5-year contract with the Braves to become baseball's highest-paid player.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 10, 1997

Florida Marlins 4, Atlanta Braves 2 (10 inn.) at Turner Field (att. 47,649)

W: Jay Powell L: Mike Bielecki S: Robb Nen

San Diego Padres 4, Chicago Cubs 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 32,327)

W: Doug Bochtler L: Kent Bottenfield S: Trevor Hoffman

Cincinnati Reds 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 24,742)

W: Mike Remlinger L: Pedro Astacio

Colorado Rockies 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7 at Coors Field (att. 48,018)

W: Curt Leskanic L: Marc Wilkins S: Jerry Dipoto

San Francisco Giants 6, Montreal Expos 3 (12 inn.) at Stade Olympique (att. 24,170)

W: Julian Tavarez L: Marc Valdes S: Doug Henry

Houston Astros 11, New York Mets 8 at Shea Stadium (att. 32,914)

W: Darryl Kile L: Rick Reed S: Tom Martin

Philadelphia Phillies 8, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 31,816)

W: Curt Schilling L: Matt Morris

Baltimore Orioles 4, Anaheim Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 34,060)

W: Armando Benitez L: Mike James S: Randy Myers

Boston Red Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 4 at Fenway Park (att. 27,743)

W: Jim Corsi L: Hector Carrasco

Texas Rangers 7, Cleveland Indians 6 at Jacobs Field (att. 42,902)

W: Matt Whiteside L: Jeff Juden S: John Wetteland

New York Yankees 9, Minnesota Twins 6 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 28,580)

W: Ramiro Mendoza L: Travis Miller S: Mariano Rivera

Oakland Athletics 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium

W: Billy Taylor L: Bob Wickman

Milwaukee Brewers 9, Oakland Athletics 5 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 15,926)

W: Bryce Florie L: Jimmy Haynes

Chicago White Sox 2, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 38,357)

W: Doug Drabek L: Omar Olivares S: Matt Karchner

Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Skydome (att. 32,354)

W: Justin Thompson L: Robert Person

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Monday, August 11th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 11, 1997

Atlanta Braves 2, Florida Marlins 1 at Turner Field (att. 47,870)

W: Mark Wohlers L: Felix Heredia

Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Chicago Cubs 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 45,955)

W: Chan Ho Park L: Miguel Batista

Houston Astros 8, New York Mets 3 at Shea Stadium (att. 20,452)

W: Ramon Garcia L: Pete Harnisch

Montreal Expos 6, San Diego Padres 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 29,019)

W: Dustin Hermanson L: Joey Hamilton

Cincinnati Reds 7, San Francisco Giants 4 at Candlestick Park (att. 19,086)

W: Kent Mercker L: Pat Rapp

Texas Rangers 8, Boston Red Sox 3 at Fenway Park (att. 28,640)

W: Darren Oliver L: Tim Wakefield

New York Yankees 11, Minnesota Twins 0 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 22,301)

W: Andy Pettitte L: Rich Robertson

Seattle Mariners 11, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Kingdome (att. 51,016)

W: Jamie Moyer L: Cal Eldred

Toronto Blue Jays 8, Detroit Tigers 2 at Skydome (att. 30,105)

W: Pat Hentgen L: Kevin Jarvis

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Tuesday, August 12th

The Texas Rangers showed off for former president George Bush by routing the Boston Red Sox for the second consecutive game, 12-2, scoring 10 runs in the first four innings. Bush—whose son, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, owns the Rangers—sits next to the team's dugout with acting Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci and a group of Secret Service agents.

Dean Palmer homers and drives in four runs as the Kansas City Royals end the New York Yankees' three-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory. Palmer, who is 10-for-21 with runners in scoring position and has 16 RBIs in 18 games since coming over in a trade with Texas, singles home a run in the fourth, opens the 6th with his 17th homer, and hits a go-ahead, two-run double in the 7th. Mike Perez (2-0), the second of five Royals' pitchers, is the winner. Jeff Montgomery pitches the 9th for his eighth save, the 250th of his career. He retires 32 consecutive batters, one shy of the club record, before Bernie Williams singles with two outs in the ninth.

Rickey Henderson leads off the 7th with his 250th career homer and Greg Vaughn adds a two-run double in the inning as the San Diego Padres rally to beat the Montreal Expos, 6-4.

Matt Beech ends his string of 22 straight starts without a victory, pitching the Philadelphia Phillies past the Colorado Rockies, 5-0. Beech (1-7) had not won since beating Atlanta in his first major league start on Aug. 8, 1996. He was winless in his first 15 starts this season.

The Blue Jays trade OF Otis Nixon to the Dodgers in exchange for C Bobby Cripps.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 12, 1997

Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Atlanta Braves 2 at Turner Field (att. 42,435)

W: Clint Sodowsky L: Mark Wohlers S: Rich Loiselle

Philadelphia Phillies 5, Colorado Rockies 0 at Coors Field (att. 48,228)

W: Matt Beech L: John Thomson

Houston Astros 13, Florida Marlins 2 at Astrodome (att. 19,296)

W: Mike Hampton L: Al Leiter

Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 50,731)

W: Mark Clark L: Hideo Nomo S: Terry Adams

San Diego Padres 6, Montreal Expos 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 15,229)

W: Doug Bochtler L: Rick DeHart S: Trevor Hoffman

San Francisco Giants 7, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 15,890)

W: Wilson Alvarez L: Brett Tomko S: Roberto Hernandez

St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 32,547)

W: Andy Benes L: Dave Mlicki S: Dennis Eckersley

Baltimore Orioles 8, Oakland Athletics 0 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 46,925)

W: Scott Erickson L: Carlos Reyes

Texas Rangers 12, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 26,213)

W: Bobby Witt L: Aaron Sele

Chicago White Sox 8, Anaheim Angels 5 at Comiskey Park II (att. 16,975)

W: Jaime Navarro L: Jason Dickson S: Tony Castillo

Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 4 at Jacobs Field (att. 32,992)

W: Eric Plunk L: Greg Keagle S: Jose Mesa

Kansas City Royals 6, New York Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 31,452)

W: Mike Perez L: David Cone S: Jeff Montgomery

Milwaukee Brewers 5, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 33,422)

W: Steve Woodard L: Jeff Fassero S: Doug Jones

Toronto Blue Jays 9, Minnesota Twins 1 at Skydome (att. 33,108)

W: Roger Clemens L: Shane Bowers

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Wednesday, August 13th

The Red Sox trade C Mike Stanley and IF Randy Brown to the Yankees in exchange for P Tony Armas and a player to be named.

The Angels trade pitchers Ryan Hancock and Steven Agosto and a player to be named to the Padres for OF Rickey Henderson. To make room for the future Hall of Famer, the Angels release another future HOFer, Eddie Murray. Murray will sign with the Dodgers.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 13, 1997

Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Atlanta Braves 1 at Turner Field (att. 40,793)

W: Jon Lieber L: John Smoltz S: Rich Loiselle

Philadelphia Phillies 12, Colorado Rockies 8 at Coors Field (att. 48,491)

W: Mark Leiter L: Jamey Wright

Florida Marlins 8, Houston Astros 6 at Astrodome (att. 22,543)

W: Alex Fernandez L: Jose Lima S: Robb Nen

Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Montreal Expos 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 33,318)

W: Tom Candiotti L: Carlos Perez S: Todd Worrell

Cincinnati Reds 2, San Diego Padres 0 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 15,218)

W: Mike Morgan L: Pete Smith S: Jeff Shaw

Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco Giants 5 at Candlestick Park (att. 17,357)

W: Jeremi Gonzalez L: Mark Gardner S: Terry Adams

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 (10 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 27,171)

W: Cory Lidle L: Tony Fossas S: John Franco

Oakland Athletics 4, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 46,808)

W: Andrew Lorraine L: Mike Mussina S: Mike Mohler

Texas Rangers 7, Boston Red Sox 6 at Fenway Park (att. 24,522)

W: Tanyon Sturtze L: Steve Avery S: John Wetteland

Chicago White Sox 5, Anaheim Angels 2 at Comiskey Park II (att. 21,237)

W: Scott Eyre L: Allen Watson S: Matt Karchner

Detroit Tigers 13, Cleveland Indians 3 at Jacobs Field

W: Willie Blair L: John Smiley

Cleveland Indians 9, Detroit Tigers 1 at Jacobs Field (att. 42,673)

W: Orel Hershiser L: Glenn Dishman

New York Yankees 9, Kansas City Royals 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 31,418)

W: Hideki Irabu L: Tim Belcher

Toronto Blue Jays 3, Minnesota Twins 2 at Skydome (att. 31,292)

W: Paul Quantrill L: Mike Trombley

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Thursday, August 14th

The Twins trade 1B Greg Colbrunn to the Braves in exchange for a player to be named.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 14, 1997

Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Montreal Expos 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 38,745)

W: Ismael Valdes L: Pedro Martinez S: Scott Radinsky

San Diego Padres 5, Cincinnati Reds 4 (10 inn.) at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 16,774)

W: Trevor Hoffman L: Jeff Shaw

San Francisco Giants 7, Chicago Cubs 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 16,949)

W: Shawn Estes L: Kevin Tapani

New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 28,411)

W: Bobby Jones L: Donovan Osborne

Boston Red Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 1 at Fenway Park (att. 31,207)

W: Jeff Suppan L: Brad Radke

Oakland Athletics 12, Chicago White Sox 5 at Comiskey Park II (att. 21,570)

W: Buddy Groom L: Chuck McElroy

Cleveland Indians 12, Detroit Tigers 1 at Jacobs Field (att. 42,936)

W: Charles Nagy L: Scott Sanders

Anaheim Angels 5, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at County Stadium (att. 22,412)

W: Dennis Springer L: Jose Mercedes

New York Yankees 10, Kansas City Royals 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 28,991)

W: David Wells L: Gregg Olson S: Mariano Rivera

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Friday, August 15th

Mark McGwire cracks a 2-run homer in the 9th to tie the game for St. Louis and Delino DeShields hits a leadoff homer in the 12th as the Cards edge the Braves, 3–2. For McGwire, who also walks four times, it is his 4th homer in four games.

The Orioles and Mariners split a day-night twinbill, the O's taking the opener, 4–3 and the M's the nitecap, 8–3. Randy Johnson drops the first game, despite striking out 13 batters; he has now struck out 32 in two games to tie Luis Tiant (1968), Nolan Ryan (1974) and Dwight Gooden (1984).

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 15, 1997

Colorado Rockies 6, New York Mets 2 at Coors Field (att. 48,308)

W: Frank Castillo L: Rick Reed

Florida Marlins 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 26,092)

W: Jay Powell L: Rich Loiselle

Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 1 at Astrodome (att. 31,837)

W: Curt Schilling L: Chris Holt

Cincinnati Reds 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 46,711)

W: Mike Remlinger L: Pedro Astacio S: Jeff Shaw

San Diego Padres 5, Chicago Cubs 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 32,916)

W: Sterling Hitchcock L: Steve Trachsel

San Francisco Giants 6, Montreal Expos 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 15,877)

W: Kirk Rueter L: Mike Johnson

St. Louis Cardinals 3, Atlanta Braves 2 (12 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 43,863)

W: Curtis King L: Mike Cather

Baltimore Orioles 4, Seattle Mariners 3 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards

W: Scott Kamieniecki L: Randy Johnson S: Randy Myers

Seattle Mariners 8, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,734)

W: Ken Cloude L: Jimmy Key

Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 4 (10 inn.) at Fenway Park (att. 25,328)

W: Kerry Lacy L: Eddie Guardado

Oakland Athletics 11, Chicago White Sox 6 at Comiskey Park II (att. 29,652)

W: Jimmy Haynes L: James Baldwin

Cleveland Indians 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (10 inn.) at Jacobs Field (att. 43,011)

W: Paul Assenmacher L: Tim Crabtree

Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 3 at Tiger Stadium (att. 20,099)

W: Glendon Rusch L: Justin Thompson S: Jeff Montgomery

Anaheim Angels 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 21,874)

W: Chuck Finley L: Bryce Florie S: Troy Percival

New York Yankees 5, Texas Rangers 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 36,231)

W: Dwight Gooden L: Terry Clark S: Mariano Rivera

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Saturday, August 16th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 16, 1997

Colorado Rockies 7, New York Mets 5 at Coors Field (att. 48,311)

W: Darren Holmes L: Greg McMichael S: Jerry Dipoto

Pittsburgh Pirates 10, Florida Marlins 5 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 40,031)

W: Francisco Cordova L: Tony Saunders

Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 3 at Astrodome (att. 28,260)

W: Jerry Spradlin L: Billy Wagner S: Ricky Bottalico

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 53,464)

W: Chan Ho Park L: Kent Mercker S: Todd Worrell

San Diego Padres 4, Chicago Cubs 3 (10 inn.) at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 41,720)

W: Trevor Hoffman L: Terry Adams

Montreal Expos 8, San Francisco Giants 5 at Candlestick Park (att. 25,345)

W: Dustin Hermanson L: Pat Rapp S: Ugueth Urbina

Atlanta Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 47,229)

W: Greg Maddux L: Matt Morris S: Mark Wohlers

Baltimore Orioles 10, Anaheim Angels 9 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,815)

W: Arthur Rhodes L: Darrell May S: Randy Myers

Boston Red Sox 12, Minnesota Twins 4 at Fenway Park (att. 30,011)

W: Tim Wakefield L: Shane Bowers

Seattle Mariners 11, Chicago White Sox 6 at Comiskey Park II (att. 40,223)

W: Bobby Ayala L: Doug Drabek

Cleveland Indians 8, Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Jacobs Field (att. 42,908)

W: Paul Shuey L: Paul Quantrill

Kansas City Royals 2, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 15,502)

W: Kevin Appier L: Kevin Jarvis S: Jeff Montgomery

Milwaukee Brewers 6, Oakland Athletics 5 at County Stadium (att. 17,031)

W: Doug Jones L: Mike Mohler

Texas Rangers 8, New York Yankees 5 (10 inn.) at Yankee Stadium (att. 41,634)

W: John Wetteland L: Ramiro Mendoza

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Sunday, August 17th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 17, 1997

Colorado Rockies 6, New York Mets 4 at Coors Field (att. 48,440)

W: John Thomson L: Dave Mlicki S: Jerry Dipoto

Florida Marlins 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 38,221)

W: Kevin Brown L: Steve Cooke

Houston Astros 11, Philadelphia Phillies 6 at Astrodome (att. 23,161)

W: Tom Martin L: Wayne Gomes S: Russ Springer

Cincinnati Reds 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 51,245)

W: Brett Tomko L: Hideo Nomo

Chicago Cubs 6, San Diego Padres 5 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 24,587)

W: Mark Clark L: Paul Menhart S: Terry Adams

San Francisco Giants 8, Montreal Expos 6 at Candlestick Park (att. 28,759)

W: Doug Henry L: Jose Paniagua S: Rod Beck

St. Louis Cardinals 3, Atlanta Braves 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 40,968)

W: Curtis King L: Denny Neagle S: Dennis Eckersley

Baltimore Orioles 5, Anaheim Angels 4 (10 inn.) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,340)

W: Armando Benitez L: Shigetoshi Hasegawa

Boston Red Sox 10, Minnesota Twins 5 at Fenway Park (att. 30,387)

W: Aaron Sele L: Bob Tewksbury

Seattle Mariners 5, Chicago White Sox 3 at Comiskey Park II

W: Jeff Fassero L: Jaime Navarro

Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle Mariners 2 at Comiskey Park II (att. 35,571)

W: Mike Sirotka L: Omar Olivares S: Matt Karchner

Toronto Blue Jays 10, Cleveland Indians 5 at Jacobs Field (att. 42,861)

W: Roger Clemens L: Jaret Wright

Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 4 at Tiger Stadium (att. 22,371)

W: Greg Keagle L: Jose Rosado

Milwaukee Brewers 5, Oakland Athletics 2 at County Stadium (att. 22,283)

W: Steve Woodard L: Ariel Prieto S: Doug Jones

New York Yankees 8, Texas Rangers 0 at Yankee Stadium (att. 42,002)

W: Ramiro Mendoza L: Bobby Witt

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Monday, August 18th

The Dodgers trade P Pedro Astacio to the Rockies in exchange for 2B Eric Young.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 18, 1997

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Florida Marlins 2 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 30,200)

W: Esteban Loaiza L: Antonio Alfonseca

Philadelphia Phillies 12, San Francisco Giants 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 15,478)

W: Matt Beech L: Mark Gardner

Baltimore Orioles 2, Anaheim Angels 1 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (att. 47,804)

W: Alan Mills L: Dennis Springer

Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle Mariners 0 at Comiskey Park II (att. 31,441)

W: Scott Eyre L: Felipe Lira S: Keith Foulke

Cleveland Indians 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Jacobs Field (att. 42,471)

W: Orel Hershiser L: Woody Williams S: Jose Mesa

Milwaukee Brewers 8, Texas Rangers 5 at The Ballpark in Arlington

W: Scott Karl L: Tanyon Sturtze S: Doug Jones

Texas Rangers 2, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at The Ballpark in Arlington (att. 28,637)

W: Rick Helling L: Joel Adamson S: John Wetteland

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Tuesday, August 19th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 19, 1997

Cincinnati Reds 6, Colorado Rockies 5 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 31,722)

W: Mike Morgan L: Jamey Wright S: Jeff Shaw

Florida Marlins 8, Chicago Cubs 1 at Joe Robbie Stadium (att. 34,720)

W: Alex Fernandez L: Jeremi Gonzalez

Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 3 at Astrodome (att. 32,145)

W: John Smoltz L: Mike Hampton S: Mark Wohlers

St. Louis Cardinals 12, Montreal Expos 5 at Stade Olympique (att. 16,588)

W: Todd Stottlemyre L: Carlos Perez

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 25,971)

W: Ismael Valdes L: Brian Bohanon S: Todd Worrell

San Francisco Giants 9, Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 17,379)

W: Shawn Estes L: Mark Leiter

Pittsburgh Pirates 5, San Diego Padres 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 12,411)

W: Jon Lieber L: Pete Smith S: Rich Loiselle

Anaheim Angels 12, New York Yankees 4