Games on August 20, 2010

The games of August 20, 2010

On August 20, 2010, 14 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Toronto Blue Jays, 16-2 winners over the Boston Red Sox. The day's shutouts were the Texas Rangers over the Baltimore Orioles (2-0), the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians (6-0), and the Florida Marlins over the Houston Astros (9-0). Decided by a single run were the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 over the Colorado Rockies, the Oakland Athletics 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 over the Washington Nationals. In the other games, the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1, the San Diego Padres fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 10-6, the Minnesota Twins topped the Anaheim Angels 7-2, the Seattle Mariners topped the New York Yankees 6-0, the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the San Francisco Giants, 6-3. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 19, 2010 and the next, Aug 21, 2010. For the wider picture, see the 2010 season.