Games on August 15, 2006

The games of August 15, 2006

15 games were played on August 15, 2006, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Oakland Athletics, 11-2 winners over the Seattle Mariners. The highest-scoring game ended 9-7, the Anaheim Angels over the Texas Rangers. The day's shutouts were the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Florida Marlins (4-0), the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds (5-0), and the Washington Nationals over the Atlanta Braves (5-0). Decided by a single run were the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 over the Colorado Rockies, the San Francisco Giants 3-2 over the San Diego Padres, and the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The rest of the slate: the Kansas City Royals topped the Chicago White Sox 4-2, the Chicago Cubs topped the Houston Astros 8-6, the Minnesota Twins topped the Cleveland Indians 4-1, the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 11-4, and the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3. 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, Aug 14, 2006 and the next, Aug 16, 2006. For the wider picture, see the 2006 season.