Games on August 19, 1988

The games of August 19, 1988

The schedule for August 19, 1988 lists 14 games. The widest margin belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-4 winners over the Cincinnati Reds. Runs came easiest when the Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7. The day's shutouts were the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Montreal Expos (2-0) and the Texas Rangers over the Minnesota Twins (5-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 7-6 over the Oakland Athletics, the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox, and the San Diego Padres 3-2 over the New York Mets. In the other games, the California Angels fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 3-1, the Cleveland Indians topped the Kansas City Royals 4-2, the Seattle Mariners fell to the New York Yankees, 5-3, the Seattle Mariners topped the New York Yankees 6-1, the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the San Francisco Giants, 6-2, and the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 18, 1988 and the next, Aug 20, 1988. The 1988 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.