Games on July 7, 1961

11 games

The games of July 7, 1961

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on July 7, 1961. The New York Yankees routed the Boston Red Sox 14-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Reds beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-7. The day's shutouts were the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Athletics (5-0), the Cleveland Indians over the Chicago White Sox (9-0), and the Washington Senators over the Minnesota Twins (3-0). One-run games: the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 over the Milwaukee Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 over the San Francisco Giants. Elsewhere, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Athletics 6-2, the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3, the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2, and the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-1. The Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles and the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers 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, Jul 6, 1961 and the next, Jul 8, 1961. The 1961 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.

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