Games on June 8, 2002

The games of June 8, 2002

15 games were played on June 8, 2002, according to Retrosheet. The most lopsided result was the St. Louis Cardinals' 11-3 win over the Kansas City Royals. Runs came easiest when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-8. The closest finishes were the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the Anaheim Angels, the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, the Montreal Expos 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, and the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 over the Detroit Tigers. In the other games, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Baltimore Orioles 8-4, the New York Mets beat the Cleveland Indians 8-6, the Florida Marlins fell to the Minnesota Twins, 5-3, the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Yankees 4-3, the Oakland Athletics topped the Houston Astros 5-1, the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2, the San Diego Padres fell to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 3-2, the Atlanta Braves beat the Texas Rangers 6-3, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1. 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, Jun 7, 2002 and the next, Jun 9, 2002. For the wider picture, see the 2002 season.