Games on May 30, 1938

The games of May 30, 1938

Retrosheet's records show 24 games on May 30, 1938. The Homestead Grays routed the Washington Black Senators 16-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Pittsburgh Crawfords beat the Philadelphia Stars 18-9. Shutouts: the Boston Bees over the New York Giants (6-0), the Boston Bees over the New York Giants (1-0), and the Chicago Cubs over the Cincinnati Reds (3-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago American Giants 6-5 over the Kansas City Monarchs, the Detroit Tigers 10-9 over the St. Louis Browns, the Newark Eagles 2-1 over the Baltimore Elite Giants, and the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox. In the other games, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-5, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-4, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 5-2, the Cleveland Indians topped the Chicago White Sox 8-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the St. Louis Browns, 3-0, the Homestead Grays topped the Washington Black Senators 6-3, the Indianapolis ABC's beat the Birmingham Black Barons 5-1, the Baltimore Elite Giants beat the Newark Eagles 5-1, and the Boston Red Sox fell to the New York Yankees, 10-0. Doubleheaders on the date: the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants and the Boston Bees, and the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs. Only final scores are available for this date. The pager links to the previous game day, May 29, 1938 and the next, May 31, 1938. For the wider picture, see the 1938 season.