Games on August 27, 1998

The games of August 27, 1998

Retrosheet's records show 13 games on August 27, 1998. The widest margin belonged to the Toronto Blue Jays, 11-1 winners over the Kansas City Royals. Runs came easiest when the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 11-10. Shutouts: the Milwaukee Brewers over the Arizona Diamondbacks (4-0). The closest finishes were the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-9 over the Montreal Expos and the New York Yankees 6-5 over the Anaheim Angels. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox fell to the Oakland Athletics, 6-3, the Chicago White Sox topped the Baltimore Orioles 7-4, the Florida Marlins fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 12-3, the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 10-4, the San Diego Padres beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-1, the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 11-3, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Atlanta Braves, 6-4, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 10-3. 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 26, 1998 and the next, Aug 28, 1998. The 1998 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.