Games on October 5, 2001

The games of October 5, 2001

On October 5, 2001, 15 games went into the books. The Atlanta Braves routed the Florida Marlins 20-3, the widest margin of the day. Shutouts: the Boston Red Sox over the Baltimore Orioles (5-0), the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Milwaukee Brewers (5-0), and the Colorado Rockies over the San Diego Padres (4-0). The closest finishes were the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-10 over the San Francisco Giants, the Houston Astros 2-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians. The rest of the slate: the Anaheim Angels fell to the Oakland Athletics, 6-2, the Boston Red Sox topped the Baltimore Orioles 7-5, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Chicago White Sox, 7-4, the Montreal Expos topped the New York Mets 8-6, the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 6-2, the New York Yankees fell to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 8-4, and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Cleveland Indians 5-0. The Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays each met twice, as doubleheaders. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Oct 4, 2001 and the next, Oct 6, 2001. For the wider picture, see the 2001 season.