Games on August 28, 2021

The games of August 28, 2021

15 games were played on August 28, 2021, according to Retrosheet. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-0, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the San Francisco Giants over the Atlanta Braves (5-0), the Chicago Cubs over the Chicago White Sox (7-0), and the Philadelphia Phillies over the Arizona Diamondbacks (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Oakland Athletics 3-2 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the San Diego Padres fell to the Anaheim Angels, 10-2, the Boston Red Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 5-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2, the Miami Marlins beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-1, the Minnesota Twins topped the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4, the Washington Nationals fell to the New York Mets, 5-3, the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2, and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-2. 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 27, 2021 and the next, Aug 29, 2021. The 2021 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.