Games on August 30, 2001

The games of August 30, 2001

On August 30, 2001, 14 games went into the books. The Oakland Athletics routed the Baltimore Orioles 15-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-5. The day's shutouts were the Seattle Mariners over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (4-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the Florida Marlins, the Kansas City Royals 2-1 over the Anaheim Angels, the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 over the Colorado Rockies, and the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Toronto Blue Jays. Elsewhere, the Montreal Expos topped the Atlanta Braves 4-2, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 3-1, the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1, the Houston Astros topped the Cincinnati Reds 6-1, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Texas Rangers, 5-1, the New York Mets topped the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 13-3. 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 29, 2001 and the next, Aug 31, 2001. For the wider picture, see the 2001 season.