Games on September 12, 1969

The games of September 12, 1969

On September 12, 1969, 15 games went into the books. The Oakland Athletics routed the Chicago White Sox 12-4, the widest margin of the day. Shutouts went on the board for the Minnesota Twins over the Kansas City Royals (3-0), the Montreal Expos over the Philadelphia Phillies (4-0), and the New York Mets over the Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Atlanta Braves 4-3 over the Houston Astros, the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 over the Cleveland Indians, the Boston Red Sox 4-3 over the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets 1-0 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the other games, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-3, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3, the Seattle Pilots topped the California Angels 4-1, the California Angels fell to the Seattle Pilots, 1-1, the San Francisco Giants topped the Cincinnati Reds 1-0, the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1, and the Detroit Tigers fell to the Washington Senators, 4-3. The California Angels and the Seattle Pilots played to a 1-1 tie. Doubleheaders on the date: the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the California Angels and the Seattle Pilots. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Sep 11, 1969 and the next, Sep 13, 1969. For the wider picture, see the 1969 season.