Games on July 31, 1968

The games of July 31, 1968

The schedule for July 31, 1968 lists 12 games. The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 12-8. A shutout went on the board for the Detroit Tigers over the Washington Senators (4-0). Decided by a single run were the Atlanta Braves 3-2 over the New York Mets, the Oakland Athletics 4-3 over the California Angels, and the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies. In the other games, the New York Yankees topped the Boston Red Sox 7-3, the Houston Astros fell to the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 4-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the San Francisco Giants 6-3, and the Oakland Athletics topped the California Angels 4-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds and the California Angels and the Oakland Athletics. 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, Jul 30, 1968 and the next, Aug 1, 1968. For the wider picture, see the 1968 season.