Games on May 16, 1972

The games of May 16, 1972

On May 16, 1972, 13 games went into the books. The Chicago Cubs routed the Philadelphia Phillies 8-1, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Kansas City Royals over the Texas Rangers (5-0), the Los Angeles Dodgers over the San Diego Padres (2-0), and the Cincinnati Reds over the San Francisco Giants (2-0). One-run games: the Chicago White Sox 2-1 over the Minnesota Twins, the Houston Astros 6-5 over the Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the San Francisco Giants. Elsewhere, the California Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2, the Cleveland Indians fell to the New York Yankees, 3-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 8-3, the Boston Red Sox topped the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1, and the New York Mets beat the Montreal Expos 7-3. The Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants met twice, as a doubleheader. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 15, 1972 and the next, May 17, 1972. For the wider picture, see the 1972 season.