Games on August 22, 1996

11 games

The games of August 22, 1996

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on August 22, 1996. The Texas Rangers routed the Minnesota Twins 11-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the California Angels beat the New York Yankees 12-3. The day's shutouts were the Toronto Blue Jays over the Chicago White Sox (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 over the Atlanta Braves, the Boston Red Sox 2-1 over the Oakland Athletics, and the Montreal Expos 5-4 over the San Francisco Giants. Elsewhere, the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-3, the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-5, the Houston Astros fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-6, the Detroit Tigers topped the Kansas City Royals 10-3, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5. Only final scores are available for this date. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 21, 1996 and the next, Aug 23, 1996. For the wider picture, see the 1996 season.

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