Games on August 30, 1953

The games of August 30, 1953

Retrosheet's records show 15 games on August 30, 1953. The widest margin belonged to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 20-4 winners over the St. Louis Cardinals. The day's shutouts were the Chicago White Sox over the New York Yankees (1-0) and the St. Louis Browns over the Washington Senators (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Cleveland Indians 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds. Elsewhere, the Chicago White Sox fell to the New York Yankees, 10-6, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 8-4, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Detroit Tigers, 10-1, the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Athletics 9-1, the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 10-1, the New York Giants fell to the Chicago Cubs, 6-2, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-2, the Milwaukee Braves topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 19-4, the Milwaukee Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-5, and the Washington Senators beat the St. Louis Browns 9-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians, and the Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Tigers. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 29, 1953 and the next, Aug 31, 1953. For the wider picture, see the 1953 season.