Games on April 13, 1997

The games of April 13, 1997

17 games were played on April 13, 1997, according to Retrosheet. The most lopsided result was the Baltimore Orioles' 9-0 win over the Texas Rangers. Runs came easiest when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-5. One-run games: the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 over the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Yankees 3-2 over the Oakland Athletics, and the San Francisco Giants 7-6 over the New York Mets. The rest of the slate: the Seattle Mariners fell to the Boston Red Sox, 7-1, the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Florida Marlins 6-4, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Anaheim Angels, 8-3, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Montreal Expos, 8-3, the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 11-8, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 4-2, the Kansas City Royals topped the Minnesota Twins 6-1, the Oakland Athletics topped the New York Yankees 7-4, and the New York Mets fell to the San Francisco Giants, 5-1. The Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees, and the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 12, 1997 and the next, Apr 14, 1997. For the wider picture, see the 1997 season.