Games on August 19, 1998

The games of August 19, 1998

15 games were played on August 19, 1998, according to Retrosheet. The most lopsided result was the Toronto Blue Jays' 16-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. The day's shutouts were the Anaheim Angels over the Detroit Tigers (2-0), the Florida Marlins over the San Diego Padres (6-0), and the Oakland Athletics over the Chicago White Sox (6-0). The closest finishes were the New York Mets 2-1 over the Colorado Rockies, the Houston Astros 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Elsewhere, the Montreal Expos topped the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2, the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 6-4, the Chicago Cubs fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-6, the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 11-1, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2, the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 5-3, and the Texas Rangers topped the Cleveland Indians 3-1. 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 18, 1998 and the next, Aug 20, 1998. The 1998 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.