Games on July 27, 1980

The games of July 27, 1980

On July 27, 1980, 14 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Philadelphia Phillies, 17-4 winners over the Atlanta Braves. The day's shutouts were the Oakland Athletics over the Detroit Tigers (4-0), the Kansas City Royals over the New York Yankees (8-0), and the Toronto Blue Jays over the Seattle Mariners (5-0). Decided by a single run were the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Texas Rangers, the Texas Rangers 4-3 over the Chicago White Sox, and the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs. The rest of the slate: the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Minnesota Twins, 5-4, the Houston Astros topped the Montreal Expos 6-3, the New York Mets fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 10-4, the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2, and the San Francisco Giants fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the Texas Rangers and the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 26, 1980 and the next, Jul 28, 1980. For the wider picture, see the 1980 season.