Games on June 5, 1954

The games of June 5, 1954

11 games were played on June 5, 1954, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the New York Giants, 7-0 winners over the Cincinnati Redlegs. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4. Shutouts: the Detroit Tigers over the Boston Red Sox (6-0) and the Milwaukee Braves over the Pittsburgh Pirates (7-0). One-run games: the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-5, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-3, the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1, the Cleveland Indians topped the Philadelphia Athletics 4-1, and the Chicago White Sox topped the Washington Senators 5-3. The Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, and the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Jun 4, 1954 and the next, Jun 6, 1954. For the wider picture, see the 1954 season.