Games on May 30, 1961

The games of May 30, 1961

The schedule for May 30, 1961 lists 15 games. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago Cubs, 10-0 winners over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Braves 11-4. Shutouts: the Baltimore Orioles over the Chicago White Sox (6-0). One-run games: the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the Minnesota Twins, and the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 over the San Francisco Giants. Elsewhere, the New York Yankees topped the Boston Red Sox 12-3, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Cleveland Indians, 7-5, the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Athletics 5-3, the Kansas City Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 9-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3, the Milwaukee Braves topped the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3, the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4, and the Washington Senators beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox, the Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians, and the Kansas City Athletics and the Detroit Tigers. 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 29, 1961 and the next, May 31, 1961. For the wider picture, see the 1961 season.