Games on July 2, 1954

The games of July 2, 1954

On July 2, 1954, 11 games went into the books. The Milwaukee Braves routed the Cincinnati Redlegs 11-4, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Baltimore Orioles over the Detroit Tigers (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Chicago Cubs 7-6 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox, the Cleveland Indians 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Braves 2-1 over the Cincinnati Redlegs. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 8-4, the New York Yankees topped the Washington Senators 6-5, the New York Yankees fell to the Washington Senators, 7-4, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-6, and the New York Giants topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians, the Cincinnati Redlegs and the Milwaukee Braves, and the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 1, 1954 and the next, Jul 3, 1954. The 1954 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.