Games on August 15, 1987

The games of August 15, 1987

Retrosheet's records show 12 games on August 15, 1987. The Oakland Athletics routed the California Angels 13-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 14-4. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the Atlanta Braves (8-0), the San Francisco Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers (5-0), and the Chicago White Sox over the Toronto Blue Jays (1-0). The closest finishes were the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 over the Milwaukee Brewers and the Boston Red Sox 7-6 over the Texas Rangers. In the other games, the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 7-3, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Detroit Tigers, 8-4, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Montreal Expos, 6-3, the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 11-2, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2. 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 14, 1987 and the next, Aug 16, 1987. For the wider picture, see the 1987 season.