Games on May 4, 1969

The games of May 4, 1969

Retrosheet's records show 16 games on May 4, 1969. The Kansas City Royals routed the California Angels 15-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 11-7, the Oakland Athletics over the Seattle Pilots. The day's shutouts were the Cincinnati Reds over the San Diego Padres (12-0) and the Philadelphia Phillies over the St. Louis Cardinals (5-0). Decided by a single run were the New York Mets 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs, the New York Mets 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 over the San Diego Padres, and the Minnesota Twins 4-3 over the Chicago White Sox. Elsewhere, the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Boston Red Sox, 4-2, the Houston Astros beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Montreal Expos, 6-4, the New York Yankees fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, the Baltimore Orioles topped the New York Yankees 14-2, the Seattle Pilots topped the Oakland Athletics 6-4, and the Washington Senators topped the Cleveland Indians 4-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs, the San Diego Padres and the Cincinnati Reds, and the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, May 3, 1969 and the next, May 6, 1969. For the wider picture, see the 1969 season.