Games on August 1, 2006

The games of August 1, 2006

The schedule for August 1, 2006 lists 15 games. The widest margin belonged to the Texas Rangers, 9-0 winners over the Minnesota Twins. Runs came easiest when the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-4. Shutouts went on the board for the Baltimore Orioles over the Seattle Mariners (2-0), the Milwaukee Brewers over the Colorado Rockies (1-0), and the Houston Astros over the San Diego Padres (1-0). The closest finishes were the Anaheim Angels 3-2 over the Oakland Athletics and the Florida Marlins 6-5 over the New York Mets. The rest of the slate: the Cleveland Indians topped the Boston Red Sox 6-3, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Chicago Cubs, 9-3, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-4, the Chicago White Sox topped the Kansas City Royals 7-5, the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1, the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2, the Washington Nationals topped the San Francisco Giants 4-1, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-3. 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, Jul 31, 2006 and the next, Aug 2, 2006. The 2006 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.