Games on September 30, 2009

The games of September 30, 2009

17 games were played on September 30, 2009, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Toronto Blue Jays, 12-0 winners over the Boston Red Sox. Runs came easiest when the Colorado Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6. Shutouts: the Anaheim Angels over the Texas Rangers (5-0), the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs (4-0), and the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians (1-0). The closest finishes were the Florida Marlins 5-4 over the Atlanta Braves and the Kansas City Royals 4-3 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Chicago Cubs 8-2, the Cincinnati Reds topped the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1, the Cleveland Indians topped the Chicago White Sox 5-1, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-2, the Houston Astros fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the San Diego Padres, 5-0, the Seattle Mariners topped the Oakland Athletics 7-0, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the San Francisco Giants, 4-1, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-3, and the New York Mets fell to the Washington Nationals, 7-4. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 29, 2009 and the next, Oct 1, 2009. The 2009 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.