Games on April 21, 1979

The games of April 21, 1979

13 games were played on April 21, 1979, according to Retrosheet. The California Angels routed the Oakland Athletics 13-1, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Texas Rangers over the New York Yankees (5-0) and the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets (3-0). One-run games: the Chicago Cubs 4-3 over the Montreal Expos, the Chicago White Sox 6-5 over the Cleveland Indians, the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Houston Astros 5-4 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rest of the slate: the San Diego Padres topped the Atlanta Braves 9-5, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2, the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 10-4, the Seattle Mariners fell to the Minnesota Twins, 6-5, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Apr 20, 1979 and the next, Apr 22, 1979. For the wider picture, see the 1979 season.