Games on August 10, 1941

The games of August 10, 1941

19 games were played on August 10, 1941, according to Retrosheet. The Brooklyn Dodgers routed the Boston Braves 14-4, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Newark Eagles beat the Baltimore Elite Giants 17-8. The day's shutouts were the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Boston Braves (4-0) and the Homestead Grays over the Philadelphia Stars (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 7-6 over the Washington Senators, the Chicago White Sox 2-1 over the Cleveland Indians, the Kansas City Monarchs 6-5 over the St. Louis - New Orleans Stars, and the New York Giants 5-4 over the Philadelphia Phillies. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox fell to the Washington Senators, 8-2, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Chicago Cubs 3-1, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Chicago White Sox, 5-2, the St. Louis Browns beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3, the Homestead Grays beat the Philadelphia Stars 9-4, the St. Louis - New Orleans Stars fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 10-3, the New York Giants fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-3, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the New York Yankees, 11-2, the New York Yankees topped the Philadelphia Athletics 4-1, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2. The Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians each met twice, as doubleheaders. Only final scores are available for this date. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 9, 1941 and the next, Aug 11, 1941. For the wider picture, see the 1941 season.