Games on August 24, 2016

The games of August 24, 2016

The schedule for August 24, 2016 lists 15 games. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the New York Mets 8-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 10-9, the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves. Shutouts went on the board for the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants (1-0), the Miami Marlins over the Kansas City Royals (3-0), and the New York Yankees over the Seattle Mariners (5-0). The closest finishes were the Texas Rangers 6-5 over the Cincinnati Reds, the Houston Astros 5-4 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 over the Boston Red Sox. Elsewhere, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-1, the Detroit Tigers topped the Minnesota Twins 9-4, the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the San Diego Padres 6-3, the Anaheim Angels topped the Toronto Blue Jays 8-2, and the Washington Nationals fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 10-8. 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 23, 2016 and the next, Aug 25, 2016. For the wider picture, see the 2016 season.