Games on May 18, 1929

The games of May 18, 1929

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on May 18, 1929. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago Cubs, 7-0 winners over the Cincinnati Reds. Runs came easiest when the Brooklyn Robins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 20-16. A shutout went on the board for the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox (5-0). One-run games: the Boston Braves 5-4 over the New York Giants, the New York Giants 6-5 over the Boston Braves, and the Philadelphia Athletics 5-4 over the Washington Senators. Elsewhere, the Detroit Tigers topped the Chicago White Sox 11-4, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brooklyn Robins 8-6, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3, and the Philadelphia Athletics topped the Washington Senators 7-5. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, and the Brooklyn Robins and the Philadelphia Phillies. 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, May 17, 1929 and the next, May 19, 1929. For the wider picture, see the 1929 season.