Games on August 17, 1984

The games of August 17, 1984

On August 17, 1984, 13 games went into the books. Runs came easiest when the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6. The day's shutouts were the New York Mets over the San Francisco Giants (2-0). One-run games: the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 over the California Angels, the Minnesota Twins 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 over the Chicago White Sox, and the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies. The rest of the slate: the Chicago Cubs fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 6-4, the Cleveland Indians beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3, the Detroit Tigers topped the Seattle Mariners 6-2, the New York Yankees fell to the Oakland Athletics, 7-3, the Houston Astros topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4, the San Diego Padres fell to the Montreal Expos, 8-4, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 16, 1984 and the next, Aug 18, 1984. For the wider picture, see the 1984 season.