Games on September 20, 2011

The games of September 20, 2011

On September 20, 2011, 17 games went into the books. The Kansas City Royals routed the Detroit Tigers 10-2, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 11-6, the St. Louis Cardinals over the New York Mets. Shutouts: the Atlanta Braves over the Florida Marlins (4-0), the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Rays (5-0), and the Washington Nationals over the Philadelphia Phillies (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Cleveland Indians, the San Diego Padres 2-1 over the Colorado Rockies, and the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 over the San Francisco Giants. The rest of the slate: the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-3, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 7-5, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-1, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Houston Astros 6-4, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Seattle Mariners, 5-4, the Texas Rangers topped the Oakland Athletics 7-2, the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3, and the Anaheim Angels topped the Toronto Blue Jays 10-6. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Sep 19, 2011 and the next, Sep 21, 2011. The 2011 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.