Games on August 14, 1981

The games of August 14, 1981

14 games were played on August 14, 1981, according to Retrosheet. The Seattle Mariners routed the Minnesota Twins 13-3, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the San Francisco Giants over the Cincinnati Reds (4-0), the Detroit Tigers over the New York Yankees (1-0), and the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Atlanta Braves (5-0). The closest finishes were the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 over the San Francisco Giants, the Texas Rangers 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, and the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 over the Milwaukee Brewers. In the other games, the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3, the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1, the Minnesota Twins topped the Seattle Mariners 6-1, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Montreal Expos 3-1, the New York Mets fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-4, the California Angels fell to the Oakland Athletics, 4-2, and the Houston Astros topped the San Diego Padres 5-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds and the Seattle Mariners and the Minnesota Twins. Only final scores are available for this date. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 13, 1981 and the next, Aug 15, 1981. For the wider picture, see the 1981 season.