Games on September 8, 1946

The games of September 8, 1946

The schedule for September 8, 1946 lists 22 games. The Homestead Grays routed the New York Black Yankees 15-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Indianapolis Clowns 14-5. Shutouts: the Philadelphia Phillies over the Boston Braves (4-0), the Chicago White Sox over the Detroit Tigers (6-0), and the New York Cubans over the Newark Eagles (1-0). The closest finishes were the Boston Braves 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Birmingham Black Barons 5-4 over the Chicago American Giants, the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the St. Louis Browns, and the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers. In the other games, the Baltimore Elite Giants beat the Philadelphia Stars 8-4, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Giants 11-3, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Chicago Cubs, 4-1, the St. Louis Browns beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1, the Homestead Grays beat the New York Black Yankees 8-1, the Indianapolis Clowns topped the Kansas City Monarchs 8-8, the Cleveland Buckeyes beat the Memphis Red Sox 4-3, the Cleveland Buckeyes fell to the Memphis Red Sox, 0-0, the Washington Senators beat the New York Yankees 2-1, and the Washington Senators beat the New York Yankees 9-8. The Kansas City Monarchs and the Indianapolis Clowns played to a 8-8 tie. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Braves, the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians, and the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers 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, Sep 7, 1946 and the next, Sep 9, 1946. For the wider picture, see the 1946 season.