Games on August 26, 2001

The games of August 26, 2001

15 games were played on August 26, 2001, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Cincinnati Reds, 17-4 winners over the Montreal Expos. The day's shutouts were the San Diego Padres over the Florida Marlins (10-0). Decided by a single run were the Anaheim Angels 7-6 over the New York Yankees, the Colorado Rockies 3-2 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the New York Mets 6-5 over the San Francisco Giants, and the Oakland Athletics 7-6 over the Detroit Tigers. The rest of the slate: the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1, the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-2, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-3, the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1, the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3, the Chicago White Sox topped the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-2, and the Texas Rangers topped the Boston Red Sox 5-4. 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 25, 2001 and the next, Aug 27, 2001. The 2001 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.