Games on September 6, 1971

The games of September 6, 1971

Retrosheet's records show 18 games on September 6, 1971. The most lopsided result was the Minnesota Twins' 10-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. The highest-scoring game ended 10-5, the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs. Shutouts: the Cleveland Indians over the Baltimore Orioles (1-0), the New York Mets over the Montreal Expos (7-0), and the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox (3-0). One-run games: the Kansas City Royals 4-3 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 over the San Diego Padres. Elsewhere, the Atlanta Braves fell to the Houston Astros, 6-4, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 10-5, the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3, the Kansas City Royals topped the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2, the New York Yankees topped the Boston Red Sox 5-3, the California Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-1, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Washington Senators 3-0. The Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles, the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers and the Kansas City Royals each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Sep 5, 1971 and the next, Sep 7, 1971. For the wider picture, see the 1971 season.