Games on September 28, 2011

The games of September 28, 2011

15 games were played on September 28, 2011, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-0 winners over the Houston Astros. The highest-scoring game ended 8-7, the Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees. Shutouts: the Minnesota Twins over the Kansas City Royals (1-0), the New York Mets over the Cincinnati Reds (3-0), and the Oakland Athletics over the Seattle Mariners (2-0). One-run games: the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 over the Atlanta Braves, the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 over the Boston Red Sox, the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox, and the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the Cleveland Indians. In the other games, the Texas Rangers topped the Anaheim Angels 3-1, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5, the Washington Nationals beat the Florida Marlins 3-1, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3, the Chicago Cubs fell to the San Diego Padres, 9-2, and the San Francisco Giants fell to the Colorado Rockies, 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, Sep 27, 2011 and the next, Sep 30, 2011. The 2011 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.