Games on April 16, 2000

The games of April 16, 2000

On April 16, 2000, 15 games went into the books. The Seattle Mariners routed the Toronto Blue Jays 19-7, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 14-13. A shutout went on the board for the Baltimore Orioles over the Minnesota Twins (5-0). The closest finishes were the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the Oakland Athletics, the Florida Marlins 6-5 over the Chicago Cubs, the Cleveland Indians 2-1 over the Texas Rangers, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-6 over the Detroit Tigers. In the other games, the Anaheim Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Colorado Rockies 9-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3, the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1, the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Montreal Expos 5-4, the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-9, and the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros 13-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies. 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 15, 2000 and the next, Apr 17, 2000. For the wider picture, see the 2000 season.