Games on August 5, 2014

The games of August 5, 2014

15 games were played on August 5, 2014, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Texas Rangers, 16-0 winners over the Chicago White Sox. A shutout went on the board for the Oakland Athletics over the Tampa Bay Rays (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Chicago Cubs 6-5 over the Colorado Rockies, the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 over the Anaheim Angels, the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 over the San Francisco Giants, and the Detroit Tigers 4-3 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Kansas City Royals topped the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-2, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 9-2, the San Diego Padres fell to the Minnesota Twins, 3-1, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Houston Astros 2-1, the Miami Marlins topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3, the Seattle Mariners topped the Atlanta Braves 4-2, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2, the Baltimore Orioles topped the Toronto Blue Jays 9-3, and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 6-1. 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, Aug 4, 2014 and the next, Aug 6, 2014. For the wider picture, see the 2014 season.