Games on October 2, 1985

The games of October 2, 1985

On October 2, 1985, 13 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Oakland Athletics, 14-3 winners over the Texas Rangers. Shutouts went on the board for the Kansas City Royals over the California Angels (4-0) and the Milwaukee Brewers over the New York Yankees (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 over the Montreal Expos and the San Diego Padres 5-4 over the Cincinnati Reds. The rest of the slate: the Chicago Cubs fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-4, the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 12-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2, the Atlanta Braves fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-3, the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Montreal Expos, 3-1, the Houston Astros topped the San Francisco Giants 7-2, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the New York Mets, 5-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Philadelphia Phillies and the Montreal Expos. 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, Oct 1, 1985 and the next, Oct 3, 1985. For the wider picture, see the 1985 season.