Games on May 21, 1998

The games of May 21, 1998

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on May 21, 1998. The most lopsided result was the Anaheim Angels' 12-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. The highest-scoring game ended 9-8, the Texas Rangers over the Seattle Mariners. The day's shutouts were the Atlanta Braves over the Colorado Rockies (2-0) and the Houston Astros over the Montreal Expos (6-0). Decided by a single run were the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 over the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 over the San Diego Padres. The rest of the slate: the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3, the Florida Marlins fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-4, the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the San Francisco Giants, 8-1, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Detroit Tigers, 6-3, the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1, the New York Mets topped the Cincinnati Reds 6-1, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-1. 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, May 20, 1998 and the next, May 22, 1998. For the wider picture, see the 1998 season.