Games on August 11, 2006

The games of August 11, 2006

15 games were played on August 11, 2006, according to Retrosheet. The Colorado Rockies routed the Chicago Cubs 10-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 14-7. A shutout went on the board for the Chicago White Sox over the Detroit Tigers (5-0). Decided by a single run were the Atlanta Braves 2-1 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the Kansas City Royals, the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 over the San Francisco Giants, and the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 over the Cincinnati Reds. The rest of the slate: the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Florida Marlins, 4-1, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Boston Red Sox, 9-2, the Houston Astros beat the San Diego Padres 4-2, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-1, the Anaheim Angels topped the New York Yankees 7-4, the Oakland Athletics topped the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-2, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-1, and the Washington Nationals topped the New York Mets 2-1. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 10, 2006 and the next, Aug 12, 2006. For the wider picture, see the 2006 season.