Games on September 5, 2001

The games of September 5, 2001

The schedule for September 5, 2001 lists 15 games. The Minnesota Twins routed the Texas Rangers 12-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 12-6. The day's shutouts were the St. Louis Cardinals over the San Diego Padres (2-0). One-run games: the Florida Marlins 7-6 over the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees 4-3 over the Toronto Blue Jays. In the other games, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Anaheim Angels, 4-1, the Boston Red Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 10-7, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Chicago White Sox, 5-3, the Houston Astros beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-3, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-2, the Atlanta Braves fell to the Montreal Expos, 10-4, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Oakland Athletics, 12-6, the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1, and the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the San Francisco Giants 7-2. 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, Sep 4, 2001 and the next, Sep 6, 2001. For the wider picture, see the 2001 season.