Games on April 21, 1957

The games of April 21, 1957

Retrosheet's records show 12 games on April 21, 1957. Runs came easiest when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Senators 11-9. A shutout went on the board for the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Athletics (1-0). One-run games: the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the New York Yankees, the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Cleveland Indians, the New York Giants 2-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Washington Senators 3-2 over the Baltimore Orioles. Elsewhere, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3, the Brooklyn Dodgers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4, the Milwaukee Braves beat the Cincinnati Redlegs 3-1, the New York Giants fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-5, the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3, and the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Chicago Cubs 6-3. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Giants, and the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals 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, Apr 20, 1957 and the next, Apr 22, 1957. For the wider picture, see the 1957 season.