Games on August 12, 1942

The games of August 12, 1942

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on August 12, 1942. The Boston Braves routed the New York Giants 8-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 9-4. The day's shutouts were the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Philadelphia Phillies (1-0), the Boston Braves over the New York Giants (1-0), and the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians (2-0). Elsewhere, the Memphis Red Sox topped the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 8-4, the Chicago Cubs fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-3, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Detroit Tigers, 4-2, the Boston Red Sox fell to the New York Yankees, 8-4, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 3-0, and the St. Louis Browns topped the Chicago White Sox 6-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, and the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians. 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 11, 1942 and the next, Aug 13, 1942. The 1942 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.