Games on July 3, 1966

The games of July 3, 1966

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on July 3, 1966. The Atlanta Braves routed the San Francisco Giants 17-3, the widest margin of the day. Shutouts: the Kansas City Athletics over the Detroit Tigers (3-0) and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, the California Angels 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians, the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 over the New York Mets, and the New York Mets 9-8 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the other games, the Baltimore Orioles topped the Minnesota Twins 4-2, the Boston Red Sox topped the Chicago White Sox 5-2, the Cleveland Indians fell to the California Angels, 10-2, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Kansas City Athletics, 10-4, the Houston Astros beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-2, and the New York Yankees beat the Washington Senators 6-5. The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, the California Angels and the Cleveland Indians, and the Kansas City Athletics and the Detroit Tigers 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, Jul 2, 1966 and the next, Jul 4, 1966. For the wider picture, see the 1966 season.