Games on August 8, 2002

The games of August 8, 2002

Retrosheet's records show 15 games on August 8, 2002. The widest margin belonged to the New York Mets, 9-0 winners over the Milwaukee Brewers. Runs came easiest when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-5. One-run games: the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Anaheim Angels, the Detroit Tigers 2-1 over the Texas Rangers, and the Florida Marlins 4-3 over the Houston Astros. The rest of the slate: the Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1, the Baltimore Orioles topped the Minnesota Twins 4-1, the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 4-2, the Colorado Rockies beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-3, the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3, the San Diego Padres beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4, the Chicago Cubs topped the San Francisco Giants 9-3, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Montreal Expos 5-3, and the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Seattle Mariners, 3-1. 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, Aug 7, 2002 and the next, Aug 9, 2002. The 2002 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.