Games on August 12, 1930

9 games

The games of August 12, 1930

On August 12, 1930, 9 games went into the books. The Philadelphia Athletics routed the Cleveland Indians 9-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 8-7, the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Philadelphia Phillies. Shutouts: the Philadelphia Athletics over the Cleveland Indians (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the St. Louis Browns, the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the Brooklyn Robins, the New York Yankees 6-5 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Washington Senators 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox. The rest of the slate: the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 and the Boston Braves fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2. The Cleveland Indians and the Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates each met twice, as doubleheaders. The home team won every regular-season game on the date. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 11, 1930 and the next, Aug 13, 1930. For the wider picture, see the 1930 season.

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