Games on September 2, 1983

The games of September 2, 1983

On September 2, 1983, 14 games went into the books. The Texas Rangers routed the Kansas City Royals 7-0, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 9-8, the Detroit Tigers over the Toronto Blue Jays. The day's shutouts were the Baltimore Orioles over the Minnesota Twins (1-0) and the Cincinnati Reds over the St. Louis Cardinals (4-0). One-run games: the California Angels 6-5 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the Houston Astros 6-5 over the Chicago Cubs, the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Seattle Mariners, and the Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 over the Detroit Tigers. Elsewhere, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1, the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1, the Montreal Expos fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-1, the San Diego Padres fell to the New York Mets, 7-3, the Cleveland Indians beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2, and the Philadelphia Phillies topped the San Francisco Giants 5-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Detroit Tigers and the Toronto Blue Jays. 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 1, 1983 and the next, Sep 3, 1983. For the wider picture, see the 1983 season.