Games on July 26, 1973

The games of July 26, 1973

20 games were played on July 26, 1973, according to Retrosheet. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the New York Mets 13-1, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Kansas City Royals over the Chicago White Sox (1-0), the New York Yankees over the Milwaukee Brewers (1-0), and the Montreal Expos over the Philadelphia Phillies (4-0). Decided by a single run were the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs, the Detroit Tigers 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox, the San Francisco Giants 6-5 over the San Diego Padres, and the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 over the New York Mets. The rest of the slate: the Cleveland Indians fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 8-4, the Cleveland Indians beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Atlanta Braves 5-3, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Atlanta Braves, 6-4, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Chicago White Sox, 7-4, the Houston Astros fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-1, the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1, the Minnesota Twins topped the Oakland Athletics 7-5, the Montreal Expos topped the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1, and the San Diego Padres fell to the San Francisco Giants, 10-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles, the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, and the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 22, 1973 and the next, Jul 27, 1973. For the wider picture, see the 1973 season.