Games on July 11, 1979

The games of July 11, 1979

13 games were played on July 11, 1979, according to Retrosheet. The Seattle Mariners routed the New York Yankees 16-1, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Minnesota Twins over the Detroit Tigers (3-0) and the San Francisco Giants over the Montreal Expos (1-0). The closest finishes were the Atlanta Braves 6-5 over the Chicago Cubs, the Cleveland Indians 9-8 over the Kansas City Royals, the New York Mets 4-3 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 over the Toronto Blue Jays. Elsewhere, the California Angels fell to the Boston Red Sox, 9-3, the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 5-3, the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Houston Astros 5-1, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1, and the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the San Diego Padres, 7-3. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 10, 1979 and the next, Jul 12, 1979. For the wider picture, see the 1979 season.