Games on May 8, 1942

4 games

The games of May 8, 1942

The schedule for May 8, 1942 lists 4 games. The highest-scoring game ended 7-6, the Brooklyn Dodgers over the New York Giants. The closest finishes were the Philadelphia Athletics 2-1 over the Boston Red Sox. Elsewhere, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 and the Cincinnati Reds fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2. 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 7, 1942 and the next, May 9, 1942. For the wider picture, see the 1942 season.

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