Games on May 14, 1998

The games of May 14, 1998

17 games were played on May 14, 1998, according to Retrosheet. The Kansas City Royals routed the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Reds beat the Florida Marlins 11-8. Shutouts: the Philadelphia Phillies over the Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0) and the San Francisco Giants over the Montreal Expos (2-0). One-run games: the Cleveland Indians 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Minnesota Twins 2-1 over the Boston Red Sox, and the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 over the Anaheim Angels. In the other games, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-1, the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3, the Chicago Cubs topped the Colorado Rockies 9-7, the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros 7-2, the New York Yankees fell to the Texas Rangers, 7-5, the San Diego Padres topped the New York Mets 3-1, the San Diego Padres topped the New York Mets 6-2, the San Francisco Giants topped the Montreal Expos 6-1, and the Atlanta Braves topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Mets and the San Diego Padres and the Montreal Expos and the San Francisco Giants. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 13, 1998 and the next, May 15, 1998. For the wider picture, see the 1998 season.