Games on May 6, 1951

The games of May 6, 1951

On May 6, 1951, 14 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Washington Senators' 8-1 win over the Cleveland Indians. Runs came easiest when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 11-7. Shutouts: the Boston Braves over the Pittsburgh Pirates (6-0) and the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Braves (3-0). One-run games: the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 over the Chicago Cubs, and the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the St. Louis Browns. The rest of the slate: the Chicago White Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 4-1, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Chicago White Sox, 8-3, the Washington Senators fell to the Cleveland Indians, 4-2, the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 11-6, the New York Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-5, the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-7, and the Boston Red Sox fell to the St. Louis Browns, 8-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves, the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, and the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians. Only final scores are available for this date. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 5, 1951 and the next, May 7, 1951. For the wider picture, see the 1951 season.