Games on July 6, 1979

The games of July 6, 1979

On July 6, 1979, 16 games went into the books. The Philadelphia Phillies routed the San Francisco Giants 6-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 9-5, the St. Louis Cardinals over the Atlanta Braves. The day's shutouts were the New York Yankees over the Oakland Athletics (3-0). The closest finishes were the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 over the Atlanta Braves, the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cleveland Indians 6-5 over the Minnesota Twins, and the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the Milwaukee Brewers. In the other games, the California Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-3, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Houston Astros, 4-2, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Chicago White Sox, 4-1, the Detroit Tigers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Montreal Expos, 6-4, the New York Mets fell to the San Diego Padres, 6-5, the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3, the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3, and the Texas Rangers fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves, the Detroit Tigers and the Milwaukee Brewers, and the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics. 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, Jul 5, 1979 and the next, Jul 7, 1979. For the wider picture, see the 1979 season.