Games on August 12, 1956

The games of August 12, 1956

The schedule for August 12, 1956 lists 11 games. The most lopsided result was the Pittsburgh Pirates' 11-3 win over the New York Giants. One-run games: the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 over the New York Giants. Elsewhere, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 7-3, the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2, the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 0-0, the Detroit Tigers topped the Chicago White Sox 5-2, the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Athletics 6-3, the Milwaukee Braves beat the Cincinnati Redlegs 8-2, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the New York Yankees, 6-2, the New York Yankees topped the Baltimore Orioles 4-2, and the Boston Red Sox fell to the Washington Senators, 8-2. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs played to a 0-0 tie. Doubleheaders on the date: the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees, and the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 11, 1956 and the next, Aug 13, 1956. For the wider picture, see the 1956 season.