Games on May 12, 1970

11 games

The games of May 12, 1970

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on May 12, 1970. The most lopsided result was the Chicago White Sox's 7-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. The highest-scoring game ended 9-5, the St. Louis Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies. One-run games: the California Angels 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs 4-3 over the Atlanta Braves, the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 over the Minnesota Twins, and the San Diego Padres 6-5 over the San Francisco Giants. In the other games, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Houston Astros, 8-3, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the New York Yankees, 9-5, the Montreal Expos fell to the New York Mets, 8-4, the Oakland Athletics beat the Washington Senators 5-3, and the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 11, 1970 and the next, May 13, 1970. The 1970 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.

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