| Team | W/L | Pct | GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Sea Lions | 75-42 | .641 | — |
| Miami Cuban Giants | 57-61 | .483 | 18.5 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 55-63 | .466 | 20.5 |
| Portland Sea Dogs | 55-64 | .462 | 21 |
| Chicago American Giants | 52-66 | .441 | 23.5 |
#Chicago American Giants
More due to a lack of decent options, David Price was named as the American Giants’ fifth starter.
In what is most likely his final game with Chicago, trade target Paul Konerko hit 2 out as the American Giants came from behind to top Miami, 13-7.
Dick Allen hit 2 homers and the American Giants withstood a fierce comeback to edge Miami, 9-8.
#Los Angeles Angels
Doug Rader went deep twice, giving him 21 for the season, but the Angels fell to Baltimore, 6-5.
It looks like the Angels will close by committee for the rest of the season as they don’t really make a move to replace the departed Joe Nathan. They do bring newly obtained Vic Willis directly into the WBL bulllpen. Brian Giles and Freddie Patek were recalled from the minors, and John Lackey, AJ Pierzynski, Derrek Lee, and Jack Gleason were all demoted to AAA.
#Miami Cuban Giants
Eustaquio Pedroso heads to the DL for a couple of weeks with Ray Lamb being recalled from AAA to take his place, at least on the mound. Hugh McQuillan replaced Ramón Martínez in the rotation as the Cuban Giants try to find some solutions to their ongoing struggles at the back of their rotation.
Gary Sheffield and Jim Thome each hit 2 out of the park, and the Cuban Giants survived a horrible day from their bullpen to beat Detroit, 16-11. Cole Hamels, who improved to 10-9 on the year, left the game in the 7th with a 13-3 lead, and Miami held on for dear life from there.
Yasiel Puig and Andy Pafko repeated the feat, each going deep twice, but this time it wasn’t enough as Miami fell to Detroit, 11-5. Puig did it again the next day, reaching 20 on the season, as Miami felled the Wolverines, 10-1 behind an excellent start from José Méndez.
Thome did it again, going deep twice in a loss, as the Cuban Giants fell to Detroit, 8-6.
More of the same: 2 more for José Canseco, giving him 55 for the year, but another loss as Miami’s bullpen fell apart in a 13-7 loss to Chicago.
Dale Murray and Lamb were sent to AAA, clearing the way for newly acquired Jonathan Papelbon and Joe Adcock.
Another 2 for Canseco, another loss to Chicago, this one 9-8. With 57 on the year, Canseco temporarily took over the league lead in homers.
#Portland Sea Dogs
Kent Hrbek hit 2 out, but the Sea Dogs fell to the Spiders, 13-4. Paul Molitor repeated the dubious feat, hitting his 7th and 8th homeruns of the year as the Sea Dogs fell, 8-3 to Cleveland.
As the Sea Dogs try to figure out their future, they recalled Jim Golden and Dick Jones onto their pitching staff, and Hughie Jennings to share time at SS with Molitor. Jerry Koosman was named to the rotation staff, and the various trades Portland made will lead to significantly more playing time for Willie Randolph and perhaps Eddie Yost.
#San Francisco Sea Lions
Dennis Eckersley was sent to AAA with the arrival of Joe Nathan in the Sea Lions’ bullpen.
Frank Grant will spend a couple weeks on the DL, with the Sea Lions recalling IF Wayne Gross from AAA.