Games on September 11, 2012

The games of September 11, 2012

On September 11, 2012, 15 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Kansas City Royals' 9-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. The highest-scoring game ended 9-8, the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies. The day's shutouts were the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Los Angeles Dodgers (1-0), the Houston Astros over the Chicago Cubs (1-0), and the Milwaukee Brewers over the Atlanta Braves (5-0). One-run games: the Oakland Athletics 6-5 over the Anaheim Angels, the Boston Red Sox 4-3 over the New York Yankees, and the Seattle Mariners 4-3 over the Toronto Blue Jays. The rest of the slate: the Tampa Bay Rays fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 9-2, the Detroit Tigers topped the Chicago White Sox 5-3, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3, the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 5-3, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Miami Marlins 9-7, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the San Diego Padres, 6-4, and the Texas Rangers topped the Cleveland Indians 6-4. 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, Sep 10, 2012 and the next, Sep 12, 2012. For the wider picture, see the 2012 season.