Games on July 2, 1985

The games of July 2, 1985

On July 2, 1985, 13 games went into the books. The Kansas City Royals routed the Oakland Athletics 10-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 12-4. The day's shutouts were the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Cincinnati Reds (3-0) and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Montreal Expos (4-0). Decided by a single run were the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 over the Detroit Tigers, the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 over the Boston Red Sox, the Minnesota Twins 8-7 over the Cleveland Indians, and the New York Mets 5-4 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rest of the slate: the Chicago Cubs fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 11-2, the Houston Astros topped the San Diego Padres 3-2, the San Francisco Giants topped the Atlanta Braves 8-3, the California Angels topped the Texas Rangers 7-2, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3. 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, Jul 1, 1985 and the next, Jul 3, 1985. The 1985 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.