Games on August 21, 1988

The games of August 21, 1988

On August 21, 1988, 13 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Minnesota Twins, 12-2 winners over the Texas Rangers. Shutouts: the Atlanta Braves over the Chicago Cubs (1-0), the Detroit Tigers over the Chicago White Sox (5-0), and the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Montreal Expos (4-0). Decided by a single run were the California Angels 3-2 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Oakland Athletics 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox, the Houston Astros 2-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the San Diego Padres 1-0 over the New York Mets. Elsewhere, the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1, the New York Yankees fell to the Seattle Mariners, 4-2, the San Francisco Giants topped the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-1, and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4. 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 20, 1988 and the next, Aug 22, 1988. For the wider picture, see the 1988 season.