Games on September 7, 1981

The games of September 7, 1981

On September 7, 1981, 14 games went into the books. The Chicago Cubs routed the St. Louis Cardinals 10-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres 8-7. A shutout went on the board for the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays (4-0). One-run games: the Houston Astros 3-2 over the Atlanta Braves, the Oakland Athletics 2-1 over the Texas Rangers, the Montreal Expos 5-4 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 over the New York Mets. The rest of the slate: the Cleveland Indians fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 9-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Seattle Mariners, 9-5, the Detroit Tigers topped the Boston Red Sox 3-1, the Kansas City Royals topped the California Angels 7-1, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, the New York Yankees topped the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the New York Mets 5-4. The New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates met twice, as a doubleheader. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Sep 6, 1981 and the next, Sep 8, 1981. For the wider picture, see the 1981 season.