Games on July 8, 1945

The games of July 8, 1945

On July 8, 1945, 22 games went into the books. The Boston Braves routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-6. Shutouts: the Boston Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians (6-0), the Homestead Grays over the Philadelphia Stars (8-0), and the New York Giants over the Cincinnati Reds (5-0). One-run games: the Baltimore Elite Giants 3-2 over the Newark Eagles, the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Philadelphia Athletics, the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Philadelphia Athletics, and the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Baltimore Elite Giants beat the Newark Eagles 3-1, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-4, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-4, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Braves 10-8, the Cleveland Indians topped the Boston Red Sox 4-2, the New York Yankees topped the Detroit Tigers 8-6, the Homestead Grays beat the Philadelphia Stars 7-4, the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Birmingham Black Barons 9-2, the Chicago American Giants topped the Memphis Red Sox 4-3, and the Memphis Red Sox topped the Chicago American Giants 3-2. The Newark Eagles and the Baltimore Elite Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves 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, Jul 7, 1945 and the next, Jul 10, 1945. The 1945 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.