Games on September 29, 1999

The games of September 29, 1999

On September 29, 1999, 17 games went into the books. The New York Mets routed the Atlanta Braves 9-2, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 7-5, the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers. The day's shutouts were the Philadelphia Phillies over the Chicago Cubs (5-0). The closest finishes were the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 over the San Diego Padres and the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 over the San Diego Padres. The rest of the slate: the Oakland Athletics fell to the Anaheim Angels, 7-4, the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1, the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Chicago White Sox, 4-2, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Houston Astros, 4-1, the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3, the Montreal Expos beat the Florida Marlins 5-3, and the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the San Francisco Giants, 5-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers, and the San Diego Padres and the St. Louis Cardinals. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Sep 28, 1999 and the next, Sep 30, 1999. For the wider picture, see the 1999 season.