Games on July 15, 1997

The games of July 15, 1997

On July 15, 1997, 14 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the San Francisco Giants, 16-2 winners over the San Diego Padres. The day's shutouts were the Montreal Expos over the Florida Marlins (5-0). One-run games: the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 over the Colorado Rockies and the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the New York Mets. Elsewhere, the Anaheim Angels beat the Texas Rangers 6-2, the Atlanta Braves fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-1, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4, the Detroit Tigers topped the Boston Red Sox 7-5, the Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Minnesota Twins, 8-4, the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 12-6, and the Seattle Mariners fell to the Oakland Athletics, 8-5. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 14, 1997 and the next, Jul 16, 1997. For the wider picture, see the 1997 season.