Games on August 10, 1996

The games of August 10, 1996

14 games were played on August 10, 1996, according to Retrosheet. The Kansas City Royals routed the California Angels 18-3, the widest margin of the day. The closest finishes were the Boston Red Sox 3-2 over the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the Montreal Expos. In the other games, the Atlanta Braves fell to the Colorado Rockies, 9-7, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 13-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5, the Florida Marlins topped the New York Mets 9-6, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 13-7, the Oakland Athletics topped the Cleveland Indians 5-1, the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the San Diego Padres, 6-2, the Seattle Mariners fell to the Minnesota Twins, 10-4, and the St. Louis Cardinals topped the San Francisco Giants 7-1. 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 9, 1996 and the next, Aug 11, 1996. For the wider picture, see the 1996 season.