Games on August 23, 2014

The games of August 23, 2014

On August 23, 2014, 16 games went into the books. The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the Milwaukee Brewers 10-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 12-4. The day's shutouts were the Cincinnati Reds over the Atlanta Braves (1-0). The closest finishes were the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the Houston Astros, the Colorado Rockies 5-4 over the Miami Marlins, the Oakland Athletics 2-1 over the Anaheim Angels, and the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 over the Philadelphia Phillies. Elsewhere, the San Diego Padres fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-2, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Seattle Mariners, 7-3, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Chicago Cubs, 7-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the New York Mets 7-4, the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-6, the New York Yankees topped the Chicago White Sox 5-3, the Texas Rangers fell to the Kansas City Royals, 6-3, the Tampa Bay Rays fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, and the San Francisco Giants fell to the Washington Nationals, 6-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 22, 2014 and the next, Aug 24, 2014. For the wider picture, see the 2014 season.