Games on May 21, 1990

The games of May 21, 1990

Retrosheet's records show 12 games on May 21, 1990. The New York Mets routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-3, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 11-6, the Detroit Tigers over the Kansas City Royals. The closest finishes were the Atlanta Braves 6-5 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs, the Houston Astros 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago White Sox 6-5 over the New York Yankees. The rest of the slate: the Minnesota Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-3, the Texas Rangers fell to the Boston Red Sox, 4-2, the California Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3, the Seattle Mariners topped the Milwaukee Brewers 9-4, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2, and the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Oakland Athletics, 4-1. 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, May 20, 1990 and the next, May 22, 1990. For the wider picture, see the 1990 season.