Games on August 2, 1991

The games of August 2, 1991

13 games were played on August 2, 1991, according to Retrosheet. The Texas Rangers routed the Milwaukee Brewers 15-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-8. A shutout went on the board for the Baltimore Orioles over the Chicago White Sox (3-0). One-run games: the Seattle Mariners 4-3 over the California Angels, the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 over the San Francisco Giants, the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 over the Montreal Expos, and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Elsewhere, the Atlanta Braves fell to the San Diego Padres, 13-3, the Boston Red Sox topped the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3, the Kansas City Royals topped the Cleveland Indians 6-4, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 7-3, the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 4-2, and the Oakland Athletics topped the Minnesota Twins 3-1. 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 1, 1991 and the next, Aug 3, 1991. For the wider picture, see the 1991 season.