Games on August 2, 2006

The games of August 2, 2006

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on August 2, 2006. The widest margin belonged to the Texas Rangers, 10-2 winners over the Minnesota Twins. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 16-8. One-run games: the Oakland Athletics 3-2 over the Anaheim Angels, the Seattle Mariners 2-1 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox 6-5 over the Cleveland Indians, and the New York Mets 6-5 over the Florida Marlins. Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Colorado Rockies, 8-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Kansas City Royals, 7-3, the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, the Houston Astros topped the San Diego Padres 7-1, the San Francisco Giants topped the Washington Nationals 8-6, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-3. 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 1, 2006 and the next, Aug 3, 2006. The 2006 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.