Games on August 18, 2004

The games of August 18, 2004

On August 18, 2004, 15 games went into the books. The San Francisco Giants routed the Montreal Expos 14-4, the widest margin of the day. The closest finishes were the Oakland Athletics 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Kansas City Royals 3-2 over the Seattle Mariners, the Houston Astros 9-8 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Atlanta Braves 6-5 over the San Diego Padres. Elsewhere, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-3, the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4, the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 9-2, the Florida Marlins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Chicago Cubs, 7-5, the New York Yankees fell to the Minnesota Twins, 7-2, the Montreal Expos topped the San Francisco Giants 6-2, the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays fell to the Anaheim Angels, 6-4, and the Texas Rangers topped the Cleveland Indians 5-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Montreal Expos and the San Francisco Giants. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 17, 2004 and the next, Aug 19, 2004. The 2004 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.