Games on July 21, 1936

10 games

The games of July 21, 1936

On July 21, 1936, 10 games went into the books. The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the Philadelphia Phillies 17-6, the widest margin of the day. Shutouts: the Detroit Tigers over the Philadelphia Athletics (8-0) and the New York Cubans over the Brooklyn Royal Giants (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 over the Boston Bees, the Washington Senators 6-5 over the Chicago White Sox, the Cleveland Indians 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox, and the Detroit Tigers 9-8 over the Philadelphia Athletics. In the other games, the Chicago Cubs beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-3, the New York Giants topped the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1, and the New York Yankees fell to the St. Louis Browns, 5-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Tigers. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 20, 1936 and the next, Jul 22, 1936. For the wider picture, see the 1936 season.

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