Games on July 4, 1976

The games of July 4, 1976

On July 4, 1976, 16 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Oakland Athletics, 6-0 winners over the Kansas City Royals. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-5. One-run games: the Chicago White Sox 7-6 over the Texas Rangers, the Texas Rangers 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians, and the San Francisco Giants 3-2 over the Atlanta Braves. The rest of the slate: the Cincinnati Reds beat the Houston Astros 7-2, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Detroit Tigers 7-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the San Diego Padres, 5-2, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Boston Red Sox, 3-1, the California Angels topped the Minnesota Twins 5-3, the Minnesota Twins beat the California Angels 9-5, the Chicago Cubs fell to the New York Mets, 9-4, the Chicago Cubs topped the New York Mets 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Philadelphia Phillies 7-1, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Montreal Expos, 4-3. The Texas Rangers and the Chicago White Sox, the California Angels and the Minnesota Twins, and the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets each met twice, as doubleheaders. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 3, 1976 and the next, Jul 5, 1976. For the wider picture, see the 1976 season.