Games on August 28, 1955

The games of August 28, 1955

On August 28, 1955, 11 games went into the books. The Boston Red Sox routed the Kansas City Athletics 14-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Washington Senators beat the Cleveland Indians 13-4. The day's shutouts were the Chicago Cubs over the New York Giants (3-0) and the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Braves (2-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 over the Cincinnati Redlegs. Elsewhere, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-1, the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Washington Senators, 8-2, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Cincinnati Redlegs 8-3, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Braves 5-3. The New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians, and the Cincinnati Redlegs and the Philadelphia Phillies each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 27, 1955 and the next, Aug 29, 1955. The 1955 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.