Games on September 12, 1978

11 games

The games of September 12, 1978

11 games were played on September 12, 1978, according to Retrosheet. The Los Angeles Dodgers routed the San Francisco Giants 8-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Texas Rangers beat the California Angels 7-5. One-run games: the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the Houston Astros, and the Seattle Mariners 6-5 over the Milwaukee Brewers. In the other games, the Chicago White Sox topped the Minnesota Twins 6-1, the New York Yankees fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-4, the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 8-1, the Montreal Expos beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-1, and the San Diego Padres topped the Atlanta Braves 3-1. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Sep 11, 1978 and the next, Sep 13, 1978. For the wider picture, see the 1978 season.

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