Games on April 12, 1970

The games of April 12, 1970

14 games were played on April 12, 1970, according to Retrosheet. The Milwaukee Brewers routed the Chicago White Sox 16-2, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Diego Padres (6-0) and the Montreal Expos over the Chicago Cubs (2-0). One-run games: the Cleveland Indians 2-1 over the New York Yankees, the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Cleveland Indians, the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 over the San Francisco Giants, and the Washington Senators 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox. In the other games, the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2, the Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 8-3, the Kansas City Royals fell to the California Angels, 7-5, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1, the Cincinnati Reds topped the San Francisco Giants 5-2, and the New York Mets topped the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox, the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, and the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Apr 11, 1970 and the next, Apr 13, 1970. The 1970 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.