Games on August 29, 2001

The games of August 29, 2001

15 games were played on August 29, 2001, according to Retrosheet. The most lopsided result was the Chicago White Sox's 8-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. Runs came easiest when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 16-14. The day's shutouts were the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Francisco Giants (2-0). One-run games: the Cleveland Indians 2-1 over the Boston Red Sox, the Milwaukee Brewers 9-8 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Montreal Expos fell to the Atlanta Braves, 5-3, the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1, the Florida Marlins fell to the Chicago Cubs, 5-1, the Houston Astros topped the Cincinnati Reds 6-2, the Kansas City Royals topped the Anaheim Angels 6-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Colorado Rockies, 5-3, the Texas Rangers fell to the Minnesota Twins, 10-8, the New York Mets topped the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays fell to the Seattle Mariners, 5-2. 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 28, 2001 and the next, Aug 30, 2001. For the wider picture, see the 2001 season.