Games on September 5, 1982

The games of September 5, 1982

On September 5, 1982, 13 games went into the books. The New York Yankees routed the Kansas City Royals 18-7, the widest margin of the day. One-run games: the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 over the Minnesota Twins, the Boston Red Sox 6-5 over the Seattle Mariners, the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 over the Cleveland Indians, and the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rest of the slate: the Texas Rangers topped the Chicago White Sox 10-7, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Detroit Tigers, 8-1, the California Angels fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 8-5, the Montreal Expos topped the Atlanta Braves 2-1, the New York Mets topped the Cincinnati Reds 10-2, the Houston Astros fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-3, the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 5-1, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the San Francisco Giants, 5-1. 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, Sep 4, 1982 and the next, Sep 6, 1982. For the wider picture, see the 1982 season.