Games on August 12, 2008

The games of August 12, 2008

14 games were played on August 12, 2008, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago White Sox, 9-0 winners over the Kansas City Royals. Runs came easiest when the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 19-17. Decided by a single run were the Florida Marlins 4-3 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Oakland Athletics 2-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays, and the New York Mets 4-3 over the Washington Nationals. In the other games, the Seattle Mariners fell to the Anaheim Angels, 7-3, the Cleveland Indians topped the Baltimore Orioles 7-5, the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the Colorado Rockies 4-2, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-4, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Houston Astros, 12-4, the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 9-6, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 5-2. 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, Aug 11, 2008 and the next, Aug 13, 2008. For the wider picture, see the 2008 season.