Games on July 9, 1961

The games of July 9, 1961

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on July 9, 1961. The Cincinnati Reds routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 14-3, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Athletics (8-0), the Detroit Tigers over the Los Angeles Angels (1-0), and the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox (3-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago Cubs 9-8 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Chicago White Sox 9-8 over the Cleveland Indians, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 over the Milwaukee Braves. The rest of the slate: the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Chicago Cubs, 8-5, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Chicago White Sox, 7-5, the Detroit Tigers topped the Los Angeles Angels 6-3, the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-6, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the San Francisco Giants 6-3, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the San Francisco Giants, 6-1, and the Washington Senators fell to the Minnesota Twins, 7-1. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians, and the Los Angeles Angels and the Detroit Tigers each met twice, as doubleheaders. Only final scores are available for this date. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 8, 1961 and the next, Jul 13, 1961. For the wider picture, see the 1961 season.