Games on August 22, 1998

The games of August 22, 1998

On August 22, 1998, 16 games went into the books. The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the St. Louis Cardinals 14-4, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 12-9, the New York Yankees over the Texas Rangers. A shutout went on the board for the Cincinnati Reds over the Montreal Expos (4-0). The closest finishes were the San Francisco Giants 5-4 over the Florida Marlins, the Minnesota Twins 4-3 over the Boston Red Sox, the Seattle Mariners 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox, and the Kansas City Royals 3-2 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The rest of the slate: the Anaheim Angels topped the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1, the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Cleveland Indians 6-3, the Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 8-3, the San Diego Padres fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 8-4, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the New York Mets, 9-4, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Oakland Athletics, 7-2, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Oakland Athletics, 7-1, and the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Colorado Rockies 6-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 21, 1998 and the next, Aug 23, 1998. For the wider picture, see the 1998 season.