Games on May 30, 1988

The games of May 30, 1988

On May 30, 1988, 12 games went into the books. The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the Atlanta Braves 14-2, the widest margin of the day. One-run games: the Houston Astros 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Montreal Expos 3-2 over the San Francisco Giants, the New York Mets 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Oakland Athletics 3-2 over the New York Yankees. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox topped the California Angels 5-2, the Chicago Cubs topped the Cincinnati Reds 12-3, the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Texas Rangers, 6-1, the San Diego Padres fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, May 29, 1988 and the next, May 31, 1988. For the wider picture, see the 1988 season.