Games on August 24, 2001

The games of August 24, 2001

On August 24, 2001, 15 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Minnesota Twins, 9-3 winners over the Kansas City Royals. Runs came easiest when the Colorado Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-6. A shutout went on the board for the Toronto Blue Jays over the Baltimore Orioles (5-0). One-run games: the New York Mets 4-3 over the San Francisco Giants, the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Elsewhere, the Anaheim Angels beat the New York Yankees 6-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Atlanta Braves 4-1, the Chicago Cubs fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-8, the Florida Marlins topped the San Diego Padres 6-3, the Montreal Expos topped the Cincinnati Reds 6-4, the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 8-4, the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Seattle Mariners, 4-1, and the Boston Red Sox topped the Texas Rangers 7-4. 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 23, 2001 and the next, Aug 25, 2001. For the wider picture, see the 2001 season.