Games on August 19, 2000

The games of August 19, 2000

On August 19, 2000, 15 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Boston Red Sox's 9-0 win over the Texas Rangers. Runs came easiest when the Houston Astros beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-8. Shutouts: the Kansas City Royals over the Baltimore Orioles (7-0) and the Chicago White Sox over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (7-0). The closest finishes were the Detroit Tigers 4-3 over the Oakland Athletics and the San Diego Padres 4-3 over the Montreal Expos. In the other games, the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago Cubs 11-3, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1, the Seattle Mariners fell to the Cleveland Indians, 10-4, the Colorado Rockies topped the Florida Marlins 10-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets 4-1, the Anaheim Angels fell to the New York Yankees, 9-1, the San Francisco Giants topped the Atlanta Braves 12-3, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3, and the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Minnesota Twins, 5-1. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 18, 2000 and the next, Aug 20, 2000. For the wider picture, see the 2000 season.