Games on August 27, 2008

The games of August 27, 2008

15 games were played on August 27, 2008, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Baltimore Orioles, 11-3 winners over the Chicago White Sox. Runs came easiest when the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 9-7. Shutouts: the Chicago Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates (2-0) and the Tampa Bay Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Oakland Athletics 6-5 over the Anaheim Angels, the Texas Rangers 3-2 over the Kansas City Royals, the San Diego Padres 5-4 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Minnesota Twins 6-5 over the Seattle Mariners. Elsewhere, the Florida Marlins topped the Atlanta Braves 4-1, the Houston Astros topped the Cincinnati Reds 4-1, the Boston Red Sox topped the New York Yankees 11-3, the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3, the Colorado Rockies fell to the San Francisco Giants, 4-1, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3, and the Washington Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4. 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 26, 2008 and the next, Aug 28, 2008. For the wider picture, see the 2008 season.