Games on August 8, 1962

The games of August 8, 1962

Retrosheet's records show 13 games on August 8, 1962. The Chicago Cubs routed the Milwaukee Braves 12-4, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Boston Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians (6-0), the Cincinnati Reds over the Houston Colt .45's (4-0), and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Kansas City Athletics 4-3 over the Minnesota Twins, the New York Yankees 3-2 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 over the New York Yankees, and the Detroit Tigers 6-5 over the Washington Senators. In the other games, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Los Angeles Angels, 5-1, the Los Angeles Angels topped the Chicago White Sox 7-5, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1, the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2, and the Washington Senators fell to the Detroit Tigers, 10-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox, the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees, and the Detroit Tigers and the Washington Senators. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 7, 1962 and the next, Aug 9, 1962. For the wider picture, see the 1962 season.