Games on August 12, 1998

The games of August 12, 1998

On August 12, 1998, 15 games went into the books. The New York Yankees routed the Minnesota Twins 11-2, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 11-5, the Toronto Blue Jays over the Seattle Mariners. The day's shutouts were the Chicago White Sox over the Oakland Athletics (2-0), the Houston Astros over the Milwaukee Brewers (3-0), and the Baltimore Orioles over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 over the Cincinnati Reds, the Colorado Rockies 3-2 over the Montreal Expos, the Anaheim Angels 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Florida Marlins 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The rest of the slate: the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4, the Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4, the Cleveland Indians topped the Texas Rangers 6-3, the San Diego Padres topped the Atlanta Braves 5-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the San Francisco Giants 10-2, and the New York Mets fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4. Only final scores are available for this date. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 11, 1998 and the next, Aug 13, 1998. For the wider picture, see the 1998 season.