Games on August 5, 2001

The games of August 5, 2001

The schedule for August 5, 2001 lists 15 games. The Kansas City Royals routed the Minnesota Twins 10-5, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 15-14. One-run games: the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 over the New York Mets, the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 over the Colorado Rockies, the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs, and the Anaheim Angels 4-3 over the New York Yankees. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 6-3, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 6-4, the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1, the Montreal Expos fell to the Houston Astros, 4-1, the Atlanta Braves topped the Milwaukee Brewers 12-8, the San Diego Padres fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 10-9, the San Francisco Giants topped the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4, the Florida Marlins topped the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3, and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Baltimore Orioles 5-4. 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, Aug 4, 2001 and the next, Aug 6, 2001. The 2001 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.