Games on April 21, 1963

The games of April 21, 1963

The schedule for April 21, 1963 lists 16 games. The Chicago White Sox routed the Minnesota Twins 8-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-5. Shutouts: the Baltimore Orioles over the Cleveland Indians (7-0), the Cleveland Indians over the Baltimore Orioles (2-0), and the Minnesota Twins over the Chicago White Sox (7-0). The closest finishes were the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 over the Houston Colt .45's, the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the San Francisco Giants 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs, and the New York Yankees 7-6 over the Washington Senators. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 5-2, the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Athletics 6-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Colt .45's 11-3, the New York Mets topped the Milwaukee Braves 8-5, the Milwaukee Braves fell to the New York Mets, 9-2, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles, the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, and the Houston Colt .45's and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Apr 20, 1963 and the next, Apr 22, 1963. For the wider picture, see the 1963 season.