Games on August 5, 1988

The games of August 5, 1988

Retrosheet's records show 17 games on August 5, 1988. The widest margin belonged to the Minnesota Twins, 11-2 winners over the New York Yankees. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres 10-7. Decided by a single run were the California Angels 6-5 over the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the California Angels, the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Mets 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Elsewhere, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Atlanta Braves, 8-5, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-3, the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Houston Astros, 6-4, the New York Yankees fell to the Minnesota Twins, 7-5, the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1, the Montreal Expos topped the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1, and the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 8-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the Milwaukee Brewers and the Baltimore Orioles, the Chicago White Sox and the California Angels, and the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. 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 4, 1988 and the next, Aug 6, 1988. For the wider picture, see the 1988 season.