Games on August 19, 2011

15 games

The games of August 19, 2011

On August 19, 2011, 15 games went into the books. The New York Yankees routed the Minnesota Twins 8-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-8. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the San Francisco Giants (6-0) and the Oakland Athletics over the Toronto Blue Jays (2-0). One-run games: the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the San Diego Padres 4-3 over the Florida Marlins, and the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 over the Seattle Mariners. Elsewhere, the Anaheim Angels topped the Baltimore Orioles 8-3, the Atlanta Braves topped the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2, the Texas Rangers topped the Chicago White Sox 7-4, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1, the Boston Red Sox topped the Kansas City Royals 7-1, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the New York Mets 6-1, and the Washington Nationals topped the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4. 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, Aug 18, 2011 and the next, Aug 20, 2011. The 2011 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.

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