Games on May 12, 1946

The games of May 12, 1946

On May 12, 1946, 18 games went into the books. The Cleveland Buckeyes routed the Birmingham Black Barons 15-2, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 13-4, the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Philadelphia Phillies. The day's shutouts were the Kansas City Monarchs over the Memphis Red Sox (3-0). One-run games: the Boston Braves 6-5 over the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the St. Louis Browns. Elsewhere, the Birmingham Black Barons topped the Cleveland Buckeyes 5-2, the Boston Braves beat the New York Giants 7-2, the Chicago American Giants beat the Indianapolis Clowns 3-3, the Chicago Cubs topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1, the St. Louis Browns beat the Cleveland Indians 9-3, the Detroit Tigers topped the Chicago White Sox 4-1, the Baltimore Elite Giants topped the Homestead Grays 4-1, the Newark Eagles beat the New York Black Yankees 8-2, the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 3-1, and the Washington Senators fell to the Philadelphia Athletics, 6-4. The Indianapolis Clowns and the Chicago American Giants played to a 3-3 tie. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cleveland Buckeyes and the Birmingham Black Barons, the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, and the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 11, 1946 and the next, May 13, 1946. For the wider picture, see the 1946 season.