Games on June 18, 1978

The games of June 18, 1978

On June 18, 1978, 16 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago White Sox, 11-0 winners over the Kansas City Royals. Runs came easiest when the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7. Shutouts went on the board for the Cleveland Indians over the Milwaukee Brewers (3-0), the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Montreal Expos (5-0), and the San Francisco Giants over the New York Mets (3-0). The closest finishes were the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 over the Oakland Athletics, the Seattle Mariners 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, the Kansas City Royals 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox, and the California Angels 3-2 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-2, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Houston Astros, 3-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Minnesota Twins, 8-4, the San Diego Padres beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1, the San Francisco Giants topped the New York Mets 4-3, and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cleveland Indians, and the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants. 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, Jun 17, 1978 and the next, Jun 19, 1978. For the wider picture, see the 1978 season.