Games on May 7, 1996

The games of May 7, 1996

Retrosheet's records show 13 games on May 7, 1996. The New York Yankees routed the Detroit Tigers 12-5, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Minnesota Twins over the Seattle Mariners (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Atlanta Braves 6-5 over the Colorado Rockies, the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Florida Marlins 3-2 over the New York Mets. The rest of the slate: the California Angels fell to the Kansas City Royals, 5-3, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Boston Red Sox, 4-2, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Montreal Expos, 8-3, the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 8-4, the Houston Astros topped the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the San Francisco Giants, 4-2, and the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Texas Rangers, 5-1. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 6, 1996 and the next, May 8, 1996. For the wider picture, see the 1996 season.