Games on May 7, 1940
8 games
- CLE 4 @ BOS 6 No box score
- PHI 1 @ CHN 0 No box score
- NY1 6 @ CIN 7 No box score
- DET 4 @ NYA 2 No box score
- CHA 6 @ PHA 3 No box score
- BSN 11 @ PIT 9 No box score
- BRO 2 @ SLN 18 No box score
- SLA 5 @ WS1 6 No box score
The games of May 7, 1940
Retrosheet's records show 8 games on May 7, 1940. The most lopsided result was the St. Louis Cardinals' 18-2 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. The day's shutouts were the Philadelphia Phillies over the Chicago Cubs (1-0). One-run games: the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 over the New York Giants and the Washington Senators 6-5 over the St. Louis Browns. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 6-4, the New York Yankees fell to the Detroit Tigers, 4-2, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Chicago White Sox, 6-3, and the Boston Bees topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-9. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 6, 1940 and the next, May 8, 1940. For the wider picture, see the 1940 season.
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