Games on May 24, 1969

The games of May 24, 1969

12 games were played on May 24, 1969, according to Retrosheet. The Cincinnati Reds routed the Montreal Expos 11-2, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals (5-0). The closest finishes were the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 over the Oakland Athletics, the Minnesota Twins 2-1 over the New York Yankees, and the Kansas City Royals 5-4 over the Washington Senators. Elsewhere, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Chicago White Sox, 9-3, the Seattle Pilots beat the Cleveland Indians 8-2, the Detroit Tigers topped the California Angels 4-2, the New York Mets fell to the Houston Astros, 5-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the San Diego Padres 7-5, and the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the San Francisco Giants, 5-2. 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 23, 1969 and the next, May 25, 1969. For the wider picture, see the 1969 season.