Games on October 1, 2006

The games of October 1, 2006

15 games were played on October 1, 2006, according to Retrosheet. The Boston Red Sox routed the Baltimore Orioles 9-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Oakland Athletics beat the Anaheim Angels 11-10. The day's shutouts were the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Cincinnati Reds (1-0). One-run games: the San Diego Padres 7-6 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Florida Marlins 3-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Seattle Mariners 3-2 over the Texas Rangers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 over the San Francisco Giants. Elsewhere, the Houston Astros fell to the Atlanta Braves, 3-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the Colorado Rockies 8-5, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays fell to the Cleveland Indians, 6-3, the Kansas City Royals topped the Detroit Tigers 10-8, the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-5, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3, and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 6-2. 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, Sep 30, 2006 and the next, Oct 3, 2006. The 2006 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.