Games on August 8, 2015

The games of August 8, 2015

On August 8, 2015, 15 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Cleveland Indians, 17-4 winners over the Minnesota Twins. Shutouts went on the board for the Baltimore Orioles over the Anaheim Angels (5-0), the St. Louis Cardinals over the Milwaukee Brewers (3-0), and the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees (6-0). Decided by a single run were the Detroit Tigers 7-6 over the Boston Red Sox, the Kansas City Royals 7-6 over the Chicago White Sox, the Oakland Athletics 2-1 over the Houston Astros, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The rest of the slate: the Cincinnati Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1, the Atlanta Braves topped the Miami Marlins 7-2, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Chicago Cubs, 8-6, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 4-2, the Seattle Mariners fell to the Texas Rangers, 11-3, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Mets 5-4, and the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 7, 2015 and the next, Aug 9, 2015. The 2015 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.