Games on August 30, 1936

The games of August 30, 1936

On August 30, 1936, 18 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Newark Eagles, 8-0 winners over the New York Cubans. The highest-scoring game ended 8-6, the New York Giants over the Chicago Cubs. One-run games: the Boston Red Sox 3-2 over the Cleveland Indians, the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philadelphia Athletics 5-4 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Philadelphia Athletics. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 5-1, the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3, the Newark Eagles beat the New York Cubans 4-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the New York Yankees, 8-1, the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 4-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Bees 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Boston Bees 3-1, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-3, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-2. The Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 29, 1936 and the next, Aug 31, 1936. For the wider picture, see the 1936 season.