Games on May 12, 1957

The games of May 12, 1957

The schedule for May 12, 1957 lists 13 games. The Boston Red Sox routed the Washington Senators 10-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Milwaukee Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4. A shutout went on the board for the Brooklyn Dodgers over the New York Giants (5-0). Decided by a single run were the New York Yankees 4-3 over the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Detroit Tigers. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Washington Senators, 6-2, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Cincinnati Redlegs, 7-5, the Cincinnati Redlegs beat the Chicago Cubs 7-1, the Kansas City Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 9-2, the Cleveland Indians topped the Kansas City Athletics 7-4, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1, and the Milwaukee Braves topped the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2. The Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, the Cincinnati Redlegs and the Chicago Cubs, and the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 11, 1957 and the next, May 13, 1957. The 1957 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.