Games on August 15, 1945

The games of August 15, 1945

Retrosheet's records show 12 games on August 15, 1945. The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 20-6, the widest margin of the day. Shutouts went on the board for the Chicago White Sox over the Boston Red Sox (11-0), the Washington Senators over the Detroit Tigers (8-0), and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 over the New York Giants. In the other games, the Boston Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-5, the Boston Braves topped the Cincinnati Reds 13-3, the Chicago White Sox topped the Boston Red Sox 5-1, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Cleveland Indians, 8-3, the New York Giants fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-9, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-5, and the New York Yankees fell to the St. Louis Browns, 10-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Braves, the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants. 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 14, 1945 and the next, Aug 16, 1945. For the wider picture, see the 1945 season.