Games on May 2, 1957

The games of May 2, 1957

7 games were played on May 2, 1957, according to Retrosheet. The Chicago White Sox routed the Washington Senators 6-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Redlegs beat the New York Giants 9-7. The closest finishes were the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 over the Brooklyn Dodgers. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-5, the Kansas City Athletics fell to the New York Yankees, 3-1, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Chicago Cubs 4-2, and the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Milwaukee Braves, 8-5. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 1, 1957 and the next, May 3, 1957. For the wider picture, see the 1957 season.