Games on August 1, 2010

The games of August 1, 2010

On August 1, 2010, 15 games went into the books. The Arizona Diamondbacks routed the New York Mets 14-1, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Minnesota Twins over the Seattle Mariners (4-0), the San Francisco Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers (2-0), and the Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 4-3 over the Detroit Tigers, the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 over the Atlanta Braves, the Colorado Rockies 8-7 over the Chicago Cubs, and the Kansas City Royals 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles. In the other games, the Anaheim Angels beat the Texas Rangers 4-1, the Chicago White Sox topped the Oakland Athletics 4-1, the Houston Astros beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2, the San Diego Padres beat the Florida Marlins 5-4, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-1, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Cleveland Indians, 5-4, and the Washington Nationals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-4. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 31, 2010 and the next, Aug 2, 2010. For the wider picture, see the 2010 season.