Games on August 6, 2005

The games of August 6, 2005

Retrosheet's records show 15 games on August 6, 2005. The Oakland Athletics routed the Kansas City Royals 16-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 14-7, the Colorado Rockies over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The day's shutouts were the New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the Florida Marlins, the Minnesota Twins 4-3 over the Boston Red Sox, and the San Diego Padres 3-2 over the Washington Nationals. The rest of the slate: the Tampa Bay Devil Rays topped the Anaheim Angels 6-4, the Chicago White Sox topped the Seattle Mariners 4-2, the Cleveland Indians topped the Detroit Tigers 4-2, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-4, the San Francisco Giants topped the Houston Astros 5-2, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Atlanta Braves, 8-1, the Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-3, and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the New York Yankees 8-5. 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, Aug 5, 2005 and the next, Aug 7, 2005. For the wider picture, see the 2005 season.