Games on August 26, 1997

The games of August 26, 1997

The schedule for August 26, 1997 lists 14 games. The most lopsided result was the New York Yankees' 18-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Runs came easiest when the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Texas Rangers 11-10. The day's shutouts were the Florida Marlins over the Chicago Cubs (11-0). One-run games: the Anaheim Angels 8-7 over the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves 7-6 over the Houston Astros, and the Kansas City Royals 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles. In the other games, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Colorado Rockies, 9-5, the Minnesota Twins topped the Detroit Tigers 8-2, the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 6-2, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 4-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4, the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 8-2, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Montreal Expos, 7-5, and the Chicago White Sox topped the Toronto Blue Jays 8-5. 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, Aug 25, 1997 and the next, Aug 27, 1997. For the wider picture, see the 1997 season.