Games on May 8, 1973
11 games
- BOS 0 @ CHA 1 No box score
- CAL 0 @ CLE 2 No box score
- DET 2 @ KCA 7 No box score
- PIT 4 @ LAN 7 No box score
- TEX 5 @ MIL 3 No box score
- NYA 14 @ MIN 4 No box score
- HOU 3 @ MON 4 No box score
- ATL 10 @ NYN 6 No box score
- CIN 7 @ PHI 1 No box score
- CHN 3 @ SDN 2 No box score
- SLN 7 @ SFN 9 No box score
The games of May 8, 1973
On May 8, 1973, 11 games went into the books. The New York Yankees routed the Minnesota Twins 14-4, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Chicago White Sox over the Boston Red Sox (1-0) and the Cleveland Indians over the California Angels (2-0). The closest finishes were the Montreal Expos 4-3 over the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the San Diego Padres. Elsewhere, the Kansas City Royals topped the Detroit Tigers 7-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4, the Texas Rangers topped the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3, the New York Mets fell to the Atlanta Braves, 10-6, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Philadelphia Phillies 7-1, and the San Francisco Giants topped the St. Louis Cardinals 9-7. 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 7, 1973 and the next, May 9, 1973. For the wider picture, see the 1973 season.
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