Games on August 18, 1968

The games of August 18, 1968

13 games were played on August 18, 1968, according to Retrosheet. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Atlanta Braves 10-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 7-5. The closest finishes were the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 over the Chicago Cubs. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1, the California Angels beat the Washington Senators 6-4, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Chicago Cubs 6-3, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Chicago White Sox, 4-2, the Chicago White Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 8-1, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 7-1, the New York Mets topped the Houston Astros 8-1, the Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 5-2, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3, and the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians, and the Houston Astros and the New York Mets. 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 17, 1968 and the next, Aug 19, 1968. For the wider picture, see the 1968 season.