Games on August 8, 2012

15 games

The games of August 8, 2012

15 games were played on August 8, 2012, according to Retrosheet. The San Francisco Giants routed the St. Louis Cardinals 15-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 12-8. Shutouts: the Miami Marlins over the New York Mets (13-0) and the San Diego Padres over the Chicago Cubs (2-0). One-run games: the Texas Rangers 10-9 over the Boston Red Sox, the Kansas City Royals 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, the Washington Nationals 4-3 over the Houston Astros, and the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 over the Cincinnati Reds. Elsewhere, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 9-2, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Cleveland Indians, 6-2, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-4, the Oakland Athletics beat the Anaheim Angels 9-8, the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-6, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6, and the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Tampa Bay Rays, 3-2. 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 7, 2012 and the next, Aug 9, 2012. The 2012 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.

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