Games on August 5, 1997

The games of August 5, 1997

14 games were played on August 5, 1997, according to Retrosheet. The Boston Red Sox routed the Texas Rangers 17-1, the widest margin of the day. Shutouts: the Chicago White Sox over the Oakland Athletics (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Anaheim Angels 6-5 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the Florida Marlins 6-5 over the Houston Astros, the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 over the Montreal Expos, and the New York Mets 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals. The rest of the slate: the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2, the San Diego Padres fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 7-3, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Detroit Tigers, 6-4, the New York Yankees topped the Kansas City Royals 4-1, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3, the Colorado Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Atlanta Braves 5-4, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 4, 1997 and the next, Aug 6, 1997. For the wider picture, see the 1997 season.