Last Night in Sports: August 8, 2026

Thirteen of fifteen MLB games from Saturday were final by publish time. The White Sox broke a scoreless game open with five runs in the sixth to beat Cleveland 6-3, Detroit blanked San Francisco 8-0, and Milwaukee erased an early deficit to top Minnesota 4-3.

MLB — August 8, 2026 (13 games)

• Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland Guardians 3
• Detroit Tigers 8, San Francisco Giants 0
• Milwaukee Brewers 4, Minnesota Twins 3
• Athletics 7, Boston Red Sox 3
• Miami Marlins 7, Los Angeles Angels 0
• Tampa Bay Rays 3, Seattle Mariners 2
• Colorado Rockies 8, St. Louis Cardinals 6
• San Diego Padres 3, Houston Astros 2
• New York Yankees 5, Atlanta Braves 4
• Texas Rangers 5, Baltimore Orioles 1
• Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago Cubs 3
• Toronto Blue Jays 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5
• Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Arizona Diamondbacks 1

Chicago White Sox, 6 — Cleveland Guardians, 3. Chicago broke a scoreless game open with five runs in the sixth. Cleveland out-hit the White Sox 11-7 but never caught up, managing single runs in the sixth and seventh.

Detroit Tigers, 8 — San Francisco Giants, 0. Detroit and San Francisco traded zeros for six innings before Detroit broke it open with six runs in the seventh. The Giants managed two hits all night.

Milwaukee Brewers, 4 — Minnesota Twins, 3. Minnesota's three-run second put Milwaukee in an early hole. Milwaukee tied it with two runs in the fourth, then scored the go-ahead run in the eighth to hold on.

Quick Hits

• Athletics, 7 — Boston Red Sox, 3. Boston out-hit the Athletics 10-8 but lost anyway, undone by runs in five separate innings.
• Miami Marlins, 7 — Los Angeles Angels, 0. Miami shut out the Angels behind a four-run third and a three-run fifth.
• Tampa Bay Rays, 3 — Seattle Mariners, 2. Seattle out-hit Tampa Bay 8-7 and lost; a two-run sixth from the Rays held up.
• Colorado Rockies, 8 — St. Louis Cardinals, 6. St. Louis answered in four separate innings — the fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth — but never closed the gap Colorado opened with a three-run third.
• San Diego Padres, 3 — Houston Astros, 2. San Diego built a 3-0 lead through three innings and held off a ninth-inning Houston run.
• New York Yankees, 5 — Atlanta Braves, 4. Atlanta scored in the eighth and ninth to close within one, but New York's runs in the fifth, seventh, and eighth held up.
• Texas Rangers, 5 — Baltimore Orioles, 1. Baltimore's run in the first was its only one; Texas answered with two in the second and three more late.
• Kansas City Royals, 6 — Chicago Cubs, 3. Kansas City never trailed, building a 4-0 lead through three innings and out-hitting Chicago 10-7.
• Toronto Blue Jays, 7 — Philadelphia Phillies, 5.
• Los Angeles Dodgers, 2 — Arizona Diamondbacks, 1.

Two games from Saturday — Cincinnati at Washington and New York Mets at Pittsburgh — were still in progress at publish time and are not included above.

What to watch tonight

Fifteen MLB games on Sunday's slate.

• MLB: Houston Astros at San Diego Padres, 8:20 PM ET. The only game not played before 5 PM ET, closing the day as the two teams wrap their series at Petco Park.

Full details in the Tonight preview.