Games on September 22, 1998

The games of September 22, 1998

On September 22, 1998, 16 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the San Francisco Giants' 14-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Runs came easiest when the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 14-4. Shutouts: the St. Louis Cardinals over the Houston Astros (4-0). The closest finishes were the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 over the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners 7-6 over the Oakland Athletics. In the other games, the Texas Rangers beat the Anaheim Angels 9-1, the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11-2, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Cincinnati Reds 10-8, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8-6, the Atlanta Braves beat the Florida Marlins 4-1, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Chicago Cubs, 5-2, the Chicago White Sox topped the Minnesota Twins 4-1, the New York Yankees topped the Cleveland Indians 10-4, the Cleveland Indians fell to the New York Yankees, 5-1, and the New York Mets fell to the Montreal Expos, 5-3. The Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees met twice, as a doubleheader. 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, Sep 21, 1998 and the next, Sep 23, 1998. For the wider picture, see the 1998 season.