Games on August 7, 1955

The games of August 7, 1955

11 games were played on August 7, 1955, according to Retrosheet. The Washington Senators routed the Cleveland Indians 9-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Athletics 16-12. One-run games: the Chicago Cubs 4-3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants 6-5 over the Cincinnati Redlegs, and the New York Yankees 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers. Elsewhere, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 2-2, the Cincinnati Redlegs topped the New York Giants 8-5, the Milwaukee Braves topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3, the Milwaukee Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 4-2, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-6. The Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles played to a 2-2 tie. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Redlegs, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Braves, and the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 6, 1955 and the next, Aug 8, 1955. The 1955 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.