Games on August 8, 1969

The games of August 8, 1969

15 games were played on August 8, 1969, according to Retrosheet. The Cincinnati Reds routed the Philadelphia Phillies 12-5, the widest margin of the day. Shutouts went on the board for the Atlanta Braves over the New York Mets (1-0), the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Chicago Cubs (5-0), and the New York Yankees over the Oakland Athletics (5-0). One-run games: the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 over the Minnesota Twins, the California Angels 7-6 over the Boston Red Sox, and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 over the San Francisco Giants. In the other games, the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-3, the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 9-7, the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4, the Houston Astros topped the Montreal Expos 5-2, the Oakland Athletics beat the New York Yankees 5-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Diego Padres 7-1, and the Washington Senators topped the Seattle Pilots 10-3. The New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves, the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox, and the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 7, 1969 and the next, Aug 9, 1969. For the wider picture, see the 1969 season.