Games on August 8, 1983

The games of August 8, 1983

Retrosheet's records show 12 games on August 8, 1983. The widest margin belonged to the Philadelphia Phillies, 14-5 winners over the Pittsburgh Pirates. One-run games: the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Detroit Tigers, the Kansas City Royals 5-4 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the New York Mets 6-5 over the Montreal Expos, and the Oakland Athletics 2-1 over the Seattle Mariners. In the other games, the Cleveland Indians beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-4, the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 12-7, the California Angels fell to the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-2, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 8-5, the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3, and the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the New York Yankees, 11-3. The Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Kansas City Royals, and the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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, Aug 7, 1983 and the next, Aug 9, 1983. For the wider picture, see the 1983 season.