Games on August 30, 1987

The games of August 30, 1987

13 games were played on August 30, 1987, according to Retrosheet. The Toronto Blue Jays routed the Oakland Athletics 13-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 11-7. The day's shutouts were the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers (7-0) and the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Houston Astros (7-0). One-run games: the Montreal Expos 5-4 over the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 over the Atlanta Braves. Elsewhere, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the California Angels, 6-2, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 7-3, the Minnesota Twins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6, the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1, the San Diego Padres topped the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1, and the San Francisco Giants fell to the New York Mets, 5-3. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 29, 1987 and the next, Aug 31, 1987. For the wider picture, see the 1987 season.