Games on August 21, 1980

12 games

The games of August 21, 1980

Retrosheet's records show 12 games on August 21, 1980. The most lopsided result was the Houston Astros' 12-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 9-8. One-run games: the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the Kansas City Royals and the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 over the Montreal Expos. Elsewhere, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Atlanta Braves, 6-4, the Baltimore Orioles beat the California Angels 7-1, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Chicago White Sox, 5-3, the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3, the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2, the San Francisco Giants fell to the New York Mets, 5-1, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Boston Red Sox, 5-1, and the New York Yankees fell to the Seattle Mariners, 6-4. The Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins met twice, as a doubleheader. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 20, 1980 and the next, Aug 22, 1980. For the wider picture, see the 1980 season.

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