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Sep 11, 2026Friday

PIT2

CHC12

COL2

DET6

LAA3

WSH4

NYM4

NYY6

BAL7

TOR4

KC3

BOS2

HOU1

TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

CWS3

STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

SF5

Sep 12, 2026Saturday

COL7

DET11

NYM12

NYY2

PIT3

CHC4

BAL3

TOR7

LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

CLE3

MIN4

LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

ATL12

CWS6

STL5

TEX6

ARI2

SEA19

ATH1

Sep 13, 2026Sunday

COL1

DET8

KC1

BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

CHC3

SEA7

ATH8

TEX7

ARI6

SD6

SF4

Sep 14, 2026Monday

LAD4

CIN1

CWS7

CLE3

DET6

TOR5

BAL2

NYM1

ATL3

CHC7

NYY8

MIN3

SF1

STL2

SD8

COL7

SEA4

LAA6

MIA7

ARI8

Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

LAD4

CIN0

ATH1

TB2

CWS6

CLE7

MIL5

PIT1

PHI3

WSH6

DET10

TOR1

BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

BOS2

TEX4

KC2

HOU4

SD3

COL9

SEA1

LAA2

MIA4

ARI2

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Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Scott Spiezio	147	538	131	14	65	9	.243	.688
Jason Giambi	142	519	152	20	81	0	.293	.857
Scott Brosius	129	479	97	11	41	9	.203	.576
Jose Canseco	108	388	91	23	74	8	.235	.786
Mark McGwire	105	366	104	34	81	1	.284	1.011
Matt Stairs	133	352	105	27	73	3	.298	.968
Damon Mashore	92	279	69	3	18	5	.247	.700
Dave Magadan	128	271	82	4	30	1	.303	.805
Geronimo Berroa	73	261	81	16	42	3	.310	.935
Brent Mayne	85	256	74	6	22	1	.289	.749
Jason McDonald	78	236	62	4	14	13	.263	.755
Mark Bellhorn	68	224	51	6	19	7	.228	.681
Rafael Bournigal	79	222	62	1	20	2	.279	.672
George Williams	76	201	58	3	22	0	.289	.785
Tony Batista	68	188	38	4	18	2	.202	.595
Ernie Young	71	175	39	5	15	1	.223	.652
Brian Lesher	46	131	30	4	16	4	.229	.641
Pat Lennon	56	116	34	1	14	0	.293	.762
Izzy Molina	48	111	22	3	7	0	.198	.543
Miguel Tejada	26	99	20	2	10	2	.202	.573
Ben Grieve	24	93	29	3	24	0	.312	.875
Tilson Brito	17	46	13	2	6	0	.283	.798
Scott Sheldon	13	24	6	1	2	0	.250	.683
Mike Oquist	21	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Brad Rigby	14	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jimmy Haynes	13	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Eric Ludwick	6	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dave Telgheder	20	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Aaron Small	71	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mark Acre	15	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Adams	13	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Brewer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Groom	78	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Haught	6	0	0	0	0	0
Dane Johnson	38	0	0	0	0	0
John Johnstone	5	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Karsay	25	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Kubinski	11	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Lewis	14	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Lorraine	12	0	0	0	0	0
T. J. Mathews	24	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Mohler	64	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Montgomery	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ariel Prieto	22	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Reyes	37	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Taylor	72	0	0	0	0	0
Don Wengert	49	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Witasick	8	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Wojciechowski	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Don Wengert	5	11	6.04	49	2	68	1.627
Steve Karsay	3	12	5.77	24	0	92	1.606
Ariel Prieto	6	8	5.04	22	0	90	1.800
Mike Oquist	4	6	5.02	19	0	72	1.430
Mike Mohler	1	10	5.13	62	1	66	1.672
Dave Telgheder	4	6	6.06	20	0	55	1.673
Aaron Small	9	5	4.28	71	4	57	1.541
Brad Rigby	1	7	4.87	14	0	34	1.468
Carlos Reyes	3	4	5.82	37	0	43	1.629
Jimmy Haynes	3	6	4.42	13	0	65	1.555
Billy Taylor	3	4	3.82	72	23	66	1.452
Buddy Groom	2	2	5.15	78	3	45	1.531
Willie Adams	3	5	8.18	13	0	37	1.800
Dane Johnson	4	1	4.53	38	2	43	1.752
Andrew Lorraine	3	1	6.37	12	0	18	2.022
T. J. Mathews	6	2	4.40	24	3	24	1.605
Eric Ludwick	1	4	8.25	6	0	14	2.000
Richie Lewis	2	0	9.64	14	0	12	2.089
Mark Acre	2	0	5.74	15	0	12	1.851
Tim Kubinski	0	0	5.68	11	0	10	1.421
Gary Haught	0	0	7.15	6	0	11	1.588
Jay Witasick	0	0	5.73	8	0	8	1.818
Steve Wojciechowski	0	2	7.84	2	0	5	1.742
John Johnstone	0	0	2.84	5	0	4	2.211
Steve Montgomery	0	1	9.95	4	0	1	2.842
Billy Brewer	0	0	13.50	3	0	1	3.000

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1997-04-02	vs CLE	L 7–9
1997-04-03	vs CLE	W 5–4
1997-04-04	vs NYA	W 4–2
1997-04-05	vs NYA	L 5–10
1997-04-06	vs NYA	W 3–0
1997-04-07	vs BOS	W 6–2
1997-04-08	vs BOS	L 7–13
1997-04-09	vs BOS	W 4–3
1997-04-11	@ NYA	W 3–1
1997-04-13	@ NYA	L 2–3
1997-04-13	@ NYA	W 7–4
1997-04-14	@ BOS	L 1–10
1997-04-15	@ BOS	L 2–7
1997-04-16	@ TOR	L 3–4
1997-04-17	@ TOR	L 4–5
1997-04-18	@ DET	W 9–5
1997-04-19	@ DET	W 7–1
1997-04-20	@ DET	L 2–9
1997-04-22	vs MIN	L 3–5
1997-04-23	vs MIN	W 6–1
1997-04-24	vs MIN	W 12–11
1997-04-25	vs KCA	L 3–10
1997-04-26	vs KCA	W 7–6
1997-04-27	vs KCA	L 1–7
1997-04-29	@ CLE	L 4–10
1997-04-30	@ CLE	W 11–9
1997-05-01	@ CLE	L 1–7
1997-05-02	@ BAL	L 1–7
1997-05-03	@ BAL	W 4–3
1997-05-04	@ BAL	L 0–11
1997-05-05	@ ML4	L 7–11
1997-05-06	@ ML4	W 6–5
1997-05-07	@ ML4	L 0–1
1997-05-08	@ CHA	L 6–10
1997-05-09	@ CHA	L 2–3
1997-05-10	@ CHA	L 8–9
1997-05-11	@ CHA	L 5–8
1997-05-12	vs BAL	L 1–5
1997-05-13	vs BAL	L 3–7
1997-05-14	vs ML4	W 7–4
1997-05-15	vs ML4	W 6–5
1997-05-16	vs CHA	L 2–6
1997-05-17	vs CHA	L 6–7
1997-05-18	vs CHA	L 4–10
1997-05-20	@ TEX	L 3–8
1997-05-21	@ TEX	W 7–3
1997-05-22	@ TEX	L 7–10
1997-05-23	@ MIN	W 8–4
1997-05-24	@ MIN	L 4–7
1997-05-25	@ MIN	L 6–7
1997-05-26	@ KCA	W 2–1
1997-05-27	@ KCA	W 8–6
1997-05-28	vs ANA	L 10–14
1997-05-29	vs ANA	L 1–7
1997-05-30	vs TOR	W 12–7
1997-05-31	vs TOR	L 3–13
1997-06-01	vs TOR	W 8–2
1997-06-02	vs DET	L 7–8
1997-06-03	vs DET	W 9–8
1997-06-05	@ TOR	W 4–3
1997-06-06	@ TOR	L 1–4
1997-06-07	@ TOR	L 1–3
1997-06-08	@ TOR	W 7–5
1997-06-10	@ DET	L 4–6
1997-06-11	@ DET	L 2–4
1997-06-12	vs LAN	W 5–4
1997-06-13	vs LAN	L 4–6
1997-06-14	vs COL	L 1–7
1997-06-15	vs COL	W 5–2
1997-06-17	@ SDN	W 10–3
1997-06-18	@ SDN	W 11–9
1997-06-19	@ ANA	L 3–4
1997-06-20	@ ANA	L 2–5
1997-06-21	@ ANA	L 3–5
1997-06-22	@ ANA	L 6–7
1997-06-23	@ SEA	L 5–6
1997-06-24	@ SEA	W 4–1
1997-06-25	@ SEA	L 4–9
1997-06-26	vs TEX	W 6–3
1997-06-27	vs TEX	W 7–4
1997-06-28	vs TEX	L 0–2
1997-06-29	vs TEX	W 7–5
1997-06-30	vs SDN	L 6–15
1997-07-01	vs SDN	W 8–6
1997-07-02	@ SFN	W 8–1
1997-07-03	@ SFN	L 4–6
1997-07-04	@ TEX	L 6–7
1997-07-05	@ TEX	L 1–8
1997-07-06	@ TEX	W 9–8
1997-07-10	vs ANA	L 4–8
1997-07-11	vs ANA	L 4–14
1997-07-12	vs ANA	L 3–6
1997-07-13	vs ANA	L 3–5
1997-07-14	vs SEA	L 2–6
1997-07-15	vs SEA	W 8–5
1997-07-16	vs KCA	W 11–3
1997-07-17	vs KCA	W 11–3
1997-07-18	vs MIN	L 3–7
1997-07-19	vs MIN	L 6–7
1997-07-20	vs MIN	L 0–1
1997-07-22	@ BOS	L 3–4
1997-07-23	@ BOS	W 5–2
1997-07-24	@ BOS	L 0–3
1997-07-25	@ CLE	W 2–1
1997-07-26	@ CLE	L 3–6
1997-07-27	@ CLE	L 2–4
1997-07-28	@ NYA	L 3–4
1997-07-29	@ NYA	L 4–7
1997-07-30	@ NYA	L 0–7
1997-07-31	vs BAL	L 0–4
1997-08-01	vs BAL	W 2–1
1997-08-02	vs BAL	L 3–13
1997-08-03	vs BAL	L 5–7
1997-08-05	vs CHA	L 0–3
1997-08-06	vs CHA	W 3–2
1997-08-07	vs ML4	W 5–4
1997-08-09	vs ML4	W 3–2
1997-08-10	vs ML4	W 4–3
1997-08-10	vs ML4	L 5–9
1997-08-12	@ BAL	L 0–8
1997-08-13	@ BAL	W 4–2
1997-08-14	@ CHA	W 12–5
1997-08-15	@ CHA	W 11–6
1997-08-16	@ ML4	L 5–6
1997-08-17	@ ML4	L 2–5
1997-08-20	vs BOS	L 5–7
1997-08-20	vs BOS	L 4–5
1997-08-21	vs BOS	W 13–6
1997-08-22	vs CLE	L 3–5
1997-08-23	vs CLE	L 4–7
1997-08-24	vs CLE	W 4–1
1997-08-26	vs NYA	L 2–18
1997-08-27	vs NYA	W 8–7
1997-08-28	@ LAN	L 1–7
1997-08-29	@ LAN	L 4–5
1997-08-30	@ COL	L 3–4
1997-08-31	@ COL	L 4–10
1997-09-01	vs SFN	L 2–8
1997-09-03	vs SFN	W 12–3
1997-09-04	@ KCA	L 6–7
1997-09-05	@ KCA	W 9–6
1997-09-06	@ KCA	W 9–3
1997-09-07	@ KCA	W 9–4
1997-09-08	@ MIN	L 2–7
1997-09-09	@ MIN	W 5–1
1997-09-10	vs TOR	W 3–2
1997-09-11	vs TOR	W 8–7
1997-09-12	vs DET	L 2–7
1997-09-13	vs DET	W 4–2
1997-09-14	vs DET	L 5–6
1997-09-15	vs DET	L 3–6
1997-09-17	@ ANA	L 4–8
1997-09-18	@ ANA	W 7–3
1997-09-19	vs SEA	L 4–9
1997-09-20	vs SEA	W 4–3
1997-09-21	vs SEA	L 2–9
1997-09-22	vs SEA	L 2–4
1997-09-23	vs TEX	L 6–14
1997-09-24	vs TEX	L 4–8
1997-09-26	@ SEA	W 8–5
1997-09-27	@ SEA	L 3–9
1997-09-28	@ SEA	W 9–7