Games on July 1, 1979

The games of July 1, 1979

The schedule for July 1, 1979 lists 15 games. The California Angels routed the Kansas City Royals 14-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 13-12. Decided by a single run were the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the New York Mets, the Atlanta Braves 2-1 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Minnesota Twins 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, and the New York Yankees 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox. Elsewhere, the Baltimore Orioles topped the Toronto Blue Jays 10-7, the Chicago Cubs topped the New York Mets 8-2, the Detroit Tigers topped the Cleveland Indians 10-2, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Seattle Mariners 10-3, the Houston Astros beat the San Diego Padres 4-1, the San Francisco Giants topped the Cincinnati Reds 2-1, the San Francisco Giants topped the Cincinnati Reds 7-3, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 13-7, and the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants, and the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals. 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 30, 1979 and the next, Jul 2, 1979. For the wider picture, see the 1979 season.