Games on August 12, 1965

8 games

The games of August 12, 1965

8 games were played on August 12, 1965, according to Retrosheet. The Detroit Tigers routed the Kansas City Athletics 11-1, the widest margin of the day. The closest finishes were the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 over the Milwaukee Braves and the San Francisco Giants 4-3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, the California Angels topped the Cleveland Indians 5-1, the Houston Astros fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, the Minnesota Twins topped the New York Yankees 8-2, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the San Francisco Giants 5-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants. Only final scores are available for this date. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 11, 1965 and the next, Aug 13, 1965. For the wider picture, see the 1965 season.

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