Games on August 5, 2018

The games of August 5, 2018

15 games were played on August 5, 2018, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Oakland Athletics, 6-0 winners over the Detroit Tigers. Runs came easiest when the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 10-6. One-run games: the San Francisco Giants 3-2 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the New York Yankees, the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the Anaheim Angels, and the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 over the Houston Astros. Elsewhere, the Colorado Rockies topped the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4, the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5, the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 5-4, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Miami Marlins 5-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1, the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3, the Chicago White Sox topped the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 9-6, and the Washington Nationals topped the Cincinnati Reds 2-1. 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 4, 2018 and the next, Aug 6, 2018. The 2018 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.