Games on May 9, 1943

The games of May 9, 1943

The schedule for May 9, 1943 lists 16 games. The New York Yankees routed the Philadelphia Athletics 13-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 13-2. Decided by a single run were the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4 over the Boston Braves, the Boston Braves 2-1 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the Philadelphia Athletics 4-3 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Chicago White Sox, 3-1, the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-1, the Philadelphia Blue Jays beat the New York Giants 3-2, the Philadelphia Blue Jays beat the New York Giants 3-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-3, the Cleveland Indians topped the St. Louis Browns 6-5, the St. Louis Browns beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5, the Washington Senators beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2, and the Boston Red Sox fell to the Washington Senators, 8-2. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates played to a 3-3 tie. The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves, the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox, and the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 8, 1943 and the next, May 12, 1943. For the wider picture, see the 1943 season.