Games on August 24, 1930

The games of August 24, 1930

On August 24, 1930, 11 games went into the books. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Philadelphia Phillies 9-4, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6. Shutouts: the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox (2-0) and the Cincinnati Reds over the Pittsburgh Pirates (2-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the New York Giants. The rest of the slate: the St. Louis Browns topped the Detroit Tigers 7-5, the Cleveland Indians fell to the New York Yankees, 5-3, the Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees 4-2, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, and the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Washington Senators, 7-3. The Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds, and the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees each met twice, as doubleheaders. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 23, 1930 and the next, Aug 25, 1930. The 1930 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.