Games on July 8, 2009

The games of July 8, 2009

On July 8, 2009, 15 games went into the books. The Texas Rangers routed the Anaheim Angels 8-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the Pittsburgh Pirates (5-0) and the Florida Marlins over the San Francisco Giants (7-0). The closest finishes were the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the Oakland Athletics, the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Yankees 4-3 over the Minnesota Twins, and the New York Mets 5-4 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Elsewhere, the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the San Diego Padres 6-2, the Chicago White Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 5-1, the Atlanta Braves topped the Chicago Cubs 4-1, the Washington Nationals fell to the Colorado Rockies, 10-4, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Detroit Tigers, 3-1, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2, and the Seattle Mariners fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3. 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, Jul 7, 2009 and the next, Jul 9, 2009. The 2009 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.