Games on May 4, 1999

The games of May 4, 1999

On May 4, 1999, 13 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Oakland Athletics, 13-4 winners over the Toronto Blue Jays. Runs came easiest when the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 13-12. Shutouts: the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Montreal Expos 2-1 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Elsewhere, the Atlanta Braves fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-1, the Baltimore Orioles topped the Chicago White Sox 9-5, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4, the Anaheim Angels fell to the Detroit Tigers, 3-1, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Florida Marlins 8-1, the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees 8-5, the Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 6-1, the San Francisco Giants topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4, and the Kansas City Royals topped the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-3. 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 3, 1999 and the next, May 5, 1999. For the wider picture, see the 1999 season.