Games on August 12, 2005

The games of August 12, 2005

On August 12, 2005, 14 games went into the books. The Toronto Blue Jays routed the Baltimore Orioles 12-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 9-8. Shutouts went on the board for the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves (8-0), the San Francisco Giants over the Florida Marlins (1-0), and the Minnesota Twins over the Oakland Athletics (1-0). The closest finishes were the Houston Astros 6-5 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 over the New York Mets, the New York Yankees 6-5 over the Texas Rangers, and the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 over the San Diego Padres. In the other games, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Chicago Cubs, 4-1, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 8-6, the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3, and the Seattle Mariners fell to the Anaheim Angels, 9-4. 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 11, 2005 and the next, Aug 13, 2005. For the wider picture, see the 2005 season.