Games on April 28, 1996

12 games

The games of April 28, 1996

On April 28, 1996, 12 games went into the books. The Cleveland Indians routed the Toronto Blue Jays 17-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Montreal Expos beat the Colorado Rockies 21-9. Shutouts: the Chicago Cubs over the Los Angeles Dodgers (3-0). One-run games: the Texas Rangers 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles and the Houston Astros 3-2 over the San Diego Padres. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Kansas City Royals, 9-7, the Chicago White Sox beat the California Angels 10-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Oakland Athletics, 6-3, the Seattle Mariners fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 16-9, the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the New York Mets, 7-5, and the San Francisco Giants topped the Florida Marlins 10-4. 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, Apr 27, 1996 and the next, Apr 29, 1996. The 1996 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.

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