Games on September 2, 2006

The games of September 2, 2006

On September 2, 2006, 17 games went into the books. The Philadelphia Phillies routed the Atlanta Braves 16-4, the widest margin of the day. A shutout went on the board for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the St. Louis Cardinals (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 over the Oakland Athletics, the Atlanta Braves 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Seattle Mariners 4-3 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and the Cleveland Indians 6-5 over the Texas Rangers. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-1, the San Francisco Giants topped the Chicago Cubs 4-2, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Anaheim Angels, 7-2, the Houston Astros fell to the New York Mets, 4-2, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Chicago White Sox, 5-3, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 14-5, the Florida Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-6, the New York Yankees fell to the Minnesota Twins, 6-1, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the San Diego Padres, 7-1, and the Washington Nationals topped the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6. Doubleheaders on the date: the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies and the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Washington Nationals. Only final scores are available for this date. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Sep 1, 2006 and the next, Sep 3, 2006. For the wider picture, see the 2006 season.