Games on September 3, 1996

The games of September 3, 1996

On September 3, 1996, 13 games went into the books. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Houston Astros 12-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 11-9. One-run games: the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 over the New York Mets and the Oakland Athletics 10-9 over the New York Yankees. The rest of the slate: the Baltimore Orioles fell to the California Angels, 10-2, the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4, the Atlanta Braves fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-1, the Florida Marlins fell to the Chicago Cubs, 11-3, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Cleveland Indians 8-2, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Montreal Expos, 9-2, the San Diego Padres fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-2, the Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins 9-7, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Sep 2, 1996 and the next, Sep 4, 1996. For the wider picture, see the 1996 season.