Games on May 31, 1971

The games of May 31, 1971

16 games were played on May 31, 1971, according to Retrosheet. The Baltimore Orioles routed the Chicago White Sox 11-3, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Chicago White Sox over the Baltimore Orioles (1-0), the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Montreal Expos (4-0), and the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs (6-0). One-run games: the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 over the Cleveland Indians, the San Francisco Giants 2-1 over the New York Mets, and the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 over the Atlanta Braves. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Kansas City Royals, 7-3, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Kansas City Royals, 9-4, the Houston Astros beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-1, the Minnesota Twins topped the Detroit Tigers 6-2, the Oakland Athletics fell to the New York Yankees, 5-3, the Oakland Athletics topped the New York Yankees 6-3, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the San Diego Padres 3-1, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the San Diego Padres, 6-3, and the California Angels fell to the Washington Senators, 4-0. The Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox, and the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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, May 30, 1971 and the next, Jun 1, 1971. For the wider picture, see the 1971 season.