Games on September 3, 2008

The games of September 3, 2008

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on September 3, 2008. The widest margin belonged to the San Francisco Giants, 9-2 winners over the Colorado Rockies. Runs came easiest when the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-7. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the Chicago Cubs (4-0) and the Texas Rangers over the Seattle Mariners (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 over the Minnesota Twins. In the other games, the Chicago White Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 4-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the Anaheim Angels 9-6, the Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 6-4, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the New York Mets, 9-2, and the Tampa Bay Rays fell to the New York Yankees, 8-4. 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, Sep 2, 2008 and the next, Sep 4, 2008. The 2008 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.