Games on August 16, 1981

The games of August 16, 1981

On August 16, 1981, 15 games went into the books. The highest-scoring game ended 8-7, the Chicago White Sox over the Baltimore Orioles. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the San Diego Padres (3-0), the Texas Rangers over the Boston Red Sox (3-0), and the Milwaukee Brewers over the Toronto Blue Jays (2-0). One-run games: the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 over the San Francisco Giants, the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the New York Yankees, and the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 over the Atlanta Braves. The rest of the slate: the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Chicago Cubs, 6-4, the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Cleveland Indians, 8-6, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Seattle Mariners, 7-4, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the New York Mets, 5-2, the Oakland Athletics beat the California Angels 7-6, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians, and the Milwaukee Brewers and the Toronto Blue Jays. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 15, 1981 and the next, Aug 17, 1981. For the wider picture, see the 1981 season.