Games on August 13, 1988

The games of August 13, 1988

Retrosheet's records show 13 games on August 13, 1988. The Boston Red Sox routed the Detroit Tigers 16-4, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the San Diego Padres (1-0), the Toronto Blue Jays over the Kansas City Royals (2-0), and the Baltimore Orioles over the Milwaukee Brewers (5-0). The closest finishes were the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 over the San Francisco Giants. The rest of the slate: the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Atlanta Braves 3-1, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Texas Rangers, 12-3, the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 12-2, the Montreal Expos beat the New York Mets 7-4, the California Angels fell to the Oakland Athletics, 6-2, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-4, and the Chicago White Sox topped the Seattle Mariners 7-4. 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 12, 1988 and the next, Aug 14, 1988. For the wider picture, see the 1988 season.