Games on August 4, 1999

The games of August 4, 1999

On August 4, 1999, 14 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7-1 winners over the Seattle Mariners. Runs came easiest when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 9-5. One-run games: the Anaheim Angels 4-3 over the Kansas City Royals, the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 over the Houston Astros, the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 over the Atlanta Braves, and the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 over the San Diego Padres. The rest of the slate: the San Francisco Giants fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8-4, the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2, the Montreal Expos fell to the Chicago Cubs, 5-1, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 6-3, the Florida Marlins fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the New York Mets, 9-5, the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3, and the Texas Rangers topped the Minnesota Twins 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 3, 1999 and the next, Aug 5, 1999. The 1999 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.