Games on August 5, 2005

The games of August 5, 2005

15 games were played on August 5, 2005, according to Retrosheet. The Minnesota Twins routed the Boston Red Sox 12-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-6. The day's shutouts were the San Francisco Giants over the Houston Astros (4-0). One-run games: the Anaheim Angels 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the Oakland Athletics 5-4 over the Kansas City Royals, and the San Diego Padres 6-5 over the Washington Nationals. Elsewhere, the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Seattle Mariners, 4-2, the Florida Marlins beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1, the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6, the Chicago Cubs fell to the New York Mets, 9-5, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Atlanta Braves 11-3, the Baltimore Orioles topped the Texas Rangers 10-5, and the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the New York Yankees, 6-2. 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 4, 2005 and the next, Aug 6, 2005. For the wider picture, see the 2005 season.