Games on August 29, 1971

The games of August 29, 1971

The schedule for August 29, 1971 lists 15 games. The San Diego Padres routed the Montreal Expos 13-3, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Oakland Athletics over the Washington Senators (9-0). One-run games: the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the California Angels 2-1 over the Boston Red Sox, the Atlanta Braves 5-4 over the Chicago Cubs, and the Minnesota Twins 6-5 over the Cleveland Indians. Elsewhere, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Baltimore Orioles 4-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Chicago White Sox, 6-2, the Houston Astros fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-2, the Kansas City Royals fell to the New York Yankees, 10-3, the Montreal Expos beat the San Diego Padres 6-1, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the New York Mets, 4-3, the Oakland Athletics beat the Washington Senators 4-3, the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3. The Milwaukee Brewers and the Baltimore Orioles, the San Diego Padres and the Montreal Expos, and the Washington Senators and the Oakland Athletics 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 28, 1971 and the next, Aug 30, 1971. For the wider picture, see the 1971 season.