Games on July 3, 1997

The games of July 3, 1997

13 games were played on July 3, 1997, according to Retrosheet. The Atlanta Braves routed the Montreal Expos 15-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the San Diego Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 10-8. One-run games: the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the Philadelphia Phillies. In the other games, the Anaheim Angels fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Boston Red Sox, 4-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 10-1, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Minnesota Twins, 8-5, the Florida Marlins beat the New York Mets 10-4, the Oakland Athletics fell to the San Francisco Giants, 6-4, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4, the Texas Rangers topped the Colorado Rockies 8-3, and the New York Yankees topped the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1. 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 2, 1997 and the next, Jul 4, 1997. The 1997 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.