Games on May 21, 1941

The games of May 21, 1941

The schedule for May 21, 1941 lists 10 games. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 8-6. Shutouts: the Cleveland Indians over the Washington Senators (4-0). Decided by a single run were the Homestead Grays 6-5 over the New York Black Yankees, the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Philadelphia Athletics 7-6 over the Chicago White Sox. The rest of the slate: the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the New York Giants, 6-3, the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Memphis Red Sox 4-4, and the Boston Braves fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-4. The Memphis Red Sox and the Kansas City Monarchs played to a 4-4 tie. 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 20, 1941 and the next, May 22, 1941. For the wider picture, see the 1941 season.