Games on August 5, 2019

The games of August 5, 2019

On August 5, 2019, 14 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Runs came easiest when the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-7. Shutouts went on the board for the Texas Rangers over the Cleveland Indians (1-0), the Washington Nationals over the San Francisco Giants (4-0), and the Toronto Blue Jays over the Tampa Bay Rays (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Chicago Cubs 6-5 over the Oakland Athletics and the New York Mets 5-4 over the Miami Marlins. In the other games, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, the New York Yankees topped the Baltimore Orioles 9-6, the Boston Red Sox topped the Kansas City Royals 7-5, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Anaheim Angels 7-4, the Chicago White Sox topped the Detroit Tigers 7-4, the Minnesota Twins topped the Atlanta Braves 5-3, and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 6-2. The Miami Marlins and the New York Mets met twice, as a doubleheader. 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 4, 2019 and the next, Aug 6, 2019. For the wider picture, see the 2019 season.