Games on April 17, 1998

The games of April 17, 1998

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on April 17, 1998. The New York Yankees routed the Detroit Tigers 11-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Seattle Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 11-6. A shutout went on the board for the Anaheim Angels over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (5-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 3-2 over the Cleveland Indians and the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the New York Mets. The rest of the slate: the Florida Marlins fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-5, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-3, the Houston Astros topped the Montreal Expos 5-3, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-2, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Kansas City Royals, 4-1, the San Diego Padres topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Texas Rangers, 6-4, and the Chicago White Sox fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-1. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Apr 16, 1998 and the next, Apr 18, 1998. The 1998 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.