Games on July 16, 1997

The games of July 16, 1997

On July 16, 1997, 14 games went into the books. The Oakland Athletics routed the Kansas City Royals 11-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 11-5. Shutouts went on the board for the Philadelphia Phillies over the Montreal Expos (6-0) and the Texas Rangers over the Toronto Blue Jays (6-0). Decided by a single run were the Atlanta Braves 2-1 over the Colorado Rockies, the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the Chicago Cubs 6-5 over the New York Mets, and the Seattle Mariners 8-7 over the Minnesota Twins. Elsewhere, the Anaheim Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3, the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1, the Florida Marlins topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Houston Astros, 8-1, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3, and the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. 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 15, 1997 and the next, Jul 17, 1997. For the wider picture, see the 1997 season.