Games on September 5, 1998

The games of September 5, 1998

15 games were played on September 5, 1998, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-0 winners over the Cincinnati Reds. Runs came easiest when the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-5. Shutouts: the Oakland Athletics over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Anaheim Angels 2-1 over the Kansas City Royals, the Houston Astros 6-5 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Cleveland Indians 5-4 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies. Elsewhere, the Colorado Rockies fell to the San Diego Padres, 4-2, the Florida Marlins fell to the Montreal Expos, 7-1, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3, the Atlanta Braves fell to the New York Mets, 5-4, the Chicago Cubs topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Seattle Mariners, 6-5, the Texas Rangers fell to the Minnesota Twins, 7-4, and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Boston Red Sox 4-3. 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, Sep 4, 1998 and the next, Sep 6, 1998. For the wider picture, see the 1998 season.