Games on July 8, 2003

The games of July 8, 2003

15 games were played on July 8, 2003, according to Retrosheet. The Philadelphia Phillies routed the Montreal Expos 13-6, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Kansas City Royals over the Anaheim Angels (4-0) and the Cleveland Indians over the New York Yankees (4-0). One-run games: the Florida Marlins 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs, the Detroit Tigers 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 over the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Seattle Mariners 6-5 over the Baltimore Orioles. The rest of the slate: the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3, the Houston Astros topped the Cincinnati Reds 6-3, the Atlanta Braves topped the New York Mets 5-3, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays topped the Oakland Athletics 9-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the San Diego Padres, 8-5, the San Francisco Giants topped the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3, the Texas Rangers topped the Minnesota Twins 8-6, and the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Boston Red Sox, 2-1. 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, Jul 7, 2003 and the next, Jul 9, 2003. The 2003 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.