Games on August 16, 2016

The games of August 16, 2016

On August 16, 2016, 16 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Tampa Bay Rays' 15-1 win over the San Diego Padres. Runs came easiest when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 15-5. A shutout went on the board for the Chicago Cubs over the Milwaukee Brewers (4-0). One-run games: the Anaheim Angels 7-6 over the Seattle Mariners, the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the San Francisco Giants, and the Texas Rangers 5-4 over the Oakland Athletics. Elsewhere, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the New York Mets, 7-5, the Atlanta Braves fell to the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, the Boston Red Sox topped the Baltimore Orioles 5-3, the Chicago Cubs topped the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Miami Marlins 6-3, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 3-1, the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 6-2, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Kansas City Royals, 6-1, the Houston Astros fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-5, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 12-6. The Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs met twice, as a doubleheader. 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 15, 2016 and the next, Aug 17, 2016. The 2016 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.