Games on May 20, 1945

The games of May 20, 1945

28 games were played on May 20, 1945, according to Retrosheet. The St. Louis Browns routed the New York Yankees 10-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 10-8, the Cincinnati Reds over the Boston Braves. Shutouts: the Chicago American Giants over the Kansas City Monarchs (1-0), the Cleveland Buckeyes over the Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns (4-0), and the Washington Senators over the Detroit Tigers (1-0). The closest finishes were the Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 5-4 over the Cleveland Buckeyes, the Homestead Grays 3-2 over the New York Cubans, the Birmingham Black Barons 3-2 over the Memphis Red Sox, and the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 over the St. Louis Cardinals. In the other games, the Chicago Cubs beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2, the Chicago Cubs topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-1, the Boston Braves topped the Cincinnati Reds 9-4, the Chicago American Giants fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 6-4, the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Chicago White Sox, 8-2, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Cleveland Indians, 4-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the Washington Senators 4-1, and the New York Cubans fell to the Homestead Grays, 5-0. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Braves, and the Kansas City Monarchs and the Chicago American Giants. 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 19, 1945 and the next, May 21, 1945. For the wider picture, see the 1945 season.