Games on August 6, 2006

The games of August 6, 2006

On August 6, 2006, 15 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Anaheim Angels' 9-1 win over the Texas Rangers. Runs came easiest when the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5. Shutouts: the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 over the Houston Astros, the San Diego Padres 3-2 over the Washington Nationals, the Oakland Athletics 7-6 over the Seattle Mariners, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-6 over the Boston Red Sox. In the other games, the New York Yankees topped the Baltimore Orioles 6-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Atlanta Braves, 6-4, the Florida Marlins fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-3, the New York Mets topped the Philadelphia Phillies 8-1, the Colorado Rockies fell to the San Francisco Giants, 6-2, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-1, and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Chicago White Sox 7-3. 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 5, 2006 and the next, Aug 7, 2006. The 2006 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.