Games on August 26, 1977

The games of August 26, 1977

13 games were played on August 26, 1977, according to Retrosheet. Runs came easiest when the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4. The closest finishes were the Kansas City Royals 3-2 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Houston Astros 6-5 over the Montreal Expos, the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals, and the New York Yankees 6-5 over the Texas Rangers. Elsewhere, the New York Mets fell to the Atlanta Braves, 5-3, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Minnesota Twins, 6-4, the Chicago White Sox topped the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2, the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2, the California Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 7-4, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the San Diego Padres 3-1, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2. 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 25, 1977 and the next, Aug 27, 1977. For the wider picture, see the 1977 season.