Games on July 16, 1996

The games of July 16, 1996

14 games were played on July 16, 1996, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Milwaukee Brewers, 20-7 winners over the Detroit Tigers. The day's shutouts were the Toronto Blue Jays over the Baltimore Orioles (6-0). One-run games: the Atlanta Braves 3-2 over the Montreal Expos, the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the Florida Marlins 3-2 over the Houston Astros. In the other games, the New York Yankees topped the Boston Red Sox 9-5, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 10-5, the Colorado Rockies topped the San Francisco Giants 5-3, the Cleveland Indians topped the Kansas City Royals 10-4, the San Diego Padres topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-1, the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 11-2, the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3, the Seattle Mariners fell to the Oakland Athletics, 12-5, and the California Angels fell to the Texas Rangers, 6-2. 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, Jul 15, 1996 and the next, Jul 17, 1996. For the wider picture, see the 1996 season.