Games on August 19, 1986

The games of August 19, 1986

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on August 19, 1986. The San Diego Padres routed the Montreal Expos 7-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 9-8. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0). The closest finishes were the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 over the San Francisco Giants. The rest of the slate: the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Atlanta Braves, 7-2, the Cincinnati Reds topped the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-3, the California Angels topped the Detroit Tigers 5-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the California Angels 8-3, the New York Mets topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4, the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1, the Seattle Mariners topped the New York Yankees 7-3, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1. The California Angels and the Detroit Tigers met twice, as a doubleheader. 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, Aug 18, 1986 and the next, Aug 20, 1986. For the wider picture, see the 1986 season.