Games on May 30, 1950

The games of May 30, 1950

Retrosheet's records show 16 games on May 30, 1950. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago White Sox, 14-2 winners over the St. Louis Browns. Runs came easiest when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 17-13. The day's shutouts were the Cleveland Indians over the Detroit Tigers (4-0). The closest finishes were the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-6 over the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Senators 4-3 over the Philadelphia Athletics. In the other games, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4, the New York Giants fell to the Boston Braves, 7-2, the Boston Braves fell to the New York Giants, 10-3, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-1, the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4, the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2, the New York Yankees topped the Boston Red Sox 11-7, the Boston Red Sox fell to the New York Yankees, 5-3, the Philadelphia Athletics topped the Washington Senators 5-1, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5. Doubleheaders on the date: the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, and the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs. Only final scores are available for this date. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 29, 1950 and the next, Jun 1, 1950. For the wider picture, see the 1950 season.