Games on August 23, 2005

The games of August 23, 2005

Retrosheet's records show 15 games on August 23, 2005. The New York Mets routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-1, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Minnesota Twins over the Chicago White Sox (1-0), the Pittsburgh Pirates over the St. Louis Cardinals (10-0), and the San Diego Padres over the Houston Astros (2-0). One-run games: the Anaheim Angels 7-6 over the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Cleveland Indians 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In the other games, the Chicago Cubs topped the Atlanta Braves 10-1, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1, the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Colorado Rockies 8-3, the Florida Marlins fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 11-2, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 10-2, the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Washington Nationals 6-2. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 22, 2005 and the next, Aug 24, 2005. The 2005 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.