Games on July 4, 1987

The games of July 4, 1987

On July 4, 1987, 13 games went into the books. The Kansas City Royals routed the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 9-5, the Oakland Athletics over the Boston Red Sox. The day's shutouts were the St. Louis Cardinals over the Atlanta Braves (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 over the California Angels, the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Cleveland Indians, the Montreal Expos 4-3 over the San Diego Padres, and the New York Yankees 4-3 over the Texas Rangers. Elsewhere, the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3, the New York Mets fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 7-3, the Minnesota Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1, the Houston Astros fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2, and the Detroit Tigers topped the Seattle Mariners 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 3, 1987 and the next, Jul 5, 1987. For the wider picture, see the 1987 season.