Games on July 21, 1996

The games of July 21, 1996

On July 21, 1996, 14 games went into the books. The Philadelphia Phillies routed the Florida Marlins 12-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 11-8. A shutout went on the board for the San Diego Padres over the Colorado Rockies (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Houston Astros 4-3 over the Atlanta Braves, the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 over the New York Yankees, the Montreal Expos 4-3 over the New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 over the San Francisco Giants. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 10-6, the Seattle Mariners topped the California Angels 6-2, the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3, the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-4, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5, and the Detroit Tigers fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4. 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, Jul 20, 1996 and the next, Jul 22, 1996. For the wider picture, see the 1996 season.