Games on September 12, 2010

The games of September 12, 2010

On September 12, 2010, 15 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago White Sox, 12-6 winners over the Kansas City Royals. Shutouts went on the board for the Anaheim Angels over the Seattle Mariners (3-0), the Milwaukee Brewers over the Chicago Cubs (2-0), and the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets (3-0). The closest finishes were the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Rays and the Florida Marlins 6-5 over the Washington Nationals. In the other games, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 7-3, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1, the Minnesota Twins topped the Cleveland Indians 6-2, the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2, the Detroit Tigers topped the Baltimore Orioles 6-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Houston Astros, 7-4, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Boston Red Sox, 5-3, the San Francisco Giants topped the San Diego Padres 6-1, and the Texas Rangers beat the New York Yankees 4-1. 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 11, 2010 and the next, Sep 13, 2010. For the wider picture, see the 2010 season.