Games on May 21, 1950

The games of May 21, 1950

The schedule for May 21, 1950 lists 14 games. The New York Yankees routed the Cleveland Indians 14-5, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox (7-0). The closest finishes were the Cincinnati Reds 10-9 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston Braves 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs, the Boston Braves 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago White Sox 4-3 over the Boston Red Sox. In the other games, the Cleveland Indians fell to the New York Yankees, 12-4, the Washington Senators beat the Detroit Tigers 6-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Giants 4-2, the New York Giants fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-6, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2, the St. Louis Browns topped the Philadelphia Athletics 11-6, and the Philadelphia Athletics topped the St. Louis Browns 8-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Braves, the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, and the New York Yankees 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 20, 1950 and the next, May 22, 1950. For the wider picture, see the 1950 season.