Games on May 6, 1981

13 games

The games of May 6, 1981

Retrosheet's records show 13 games on May 6, 1981. The Seattle Mariners routed the Milwaukee Brewers 12-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 13-5, the San Diego Padres over the Montreal Expos. The closest finishes were the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 over the Minnesota Twins, the Chicago Cubs 2-1 over the Houston Astros, the Cincinnati Reds 9-8 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Oakland Athletics. In the other games, the New York Yankees beat the California Angels 5-2, the Kansas City Royals fell to the Boston Red Sox, 3-1, the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 6-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1, the Atlanta Braves topped the St. Louis Cardinals 10-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Texas Rangers, 4-2, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1. 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, May 5, 1981 and the next, May 7, 1981. For the wider picture, see the 1981 season.

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