Games on July 2, 1978

The games of July 2, 1978

The schedule for July 2, 1978 lists 16 games. The Oakland Athletics routed the Kansas City Royals 9-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 9-7. The day's shutouts were the Cleveland Indians over the Toronto Blue Jays (2-0). Decided by a single run were the California Angels 4-3 over the Texas Rangers, the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 over the Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 over the Montreal Expos. The rest of the slate: the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros 6-2, the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5, the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Montreal Expos 4-2, the Detroit Tigers fell to the New York Yankees, 3-2, the New York Yankees topped the Detroit Tigers 5-3, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Kansas City Royals, 4-2, the Seattle Mariners beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3, and the Cleveland Indians fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Montreal Expos, and the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees. Only final scores are available for this date. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 1, 1978 and the next, Jul 3, 1978. For the wider picture, see the 1978 season.