Games on August 14, 1943

The games of August 14, 1943

On August 14, 1943, 12 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the St. Louis Cardinals' 11-1 win over the New York Giants. Runs came easiest when the Cleveland Indians beat the Philadelphia Athletics 12-9. The day's shutouts were the Chicago White Sox over the Boston Red Sox (2-0) and the New York Giants over the St. Louis Cardinals (8-0). Decided by a single run were the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston Braves 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 over the Philadelphia Blue Jays, and the New York Yankees 2-1 over the St. Louis Browns. The rest of the slate: the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 9-2, the Washington Senators topped the Detroit Tigers 7-4, the New York Cubans fell to the Homestead Grays, 11-3, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Philadelphia Blue Jays 8-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Blue Jays. Only final scores are available for this date. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 13, 1943 and the next, Aug 15, 1943. For the wider picture, see the 1943 season.