Games on July 4, 2000

The games of July 4, 2000

On July 4, 2000, 16 games went into the books. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Cincinnati Reds 14-3, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 14-4. The day's shutouts were the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies (3-0) and the Detroit Tigers over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (11-0). One-run games: the Anaheim Angels 7-6 over the Seattle Mariners, the Florida Marlins 9-8 over the New York Mets, and the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Atlanta Braves beat the Montreal Expos 7-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 10-4, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Cleveland Indians, 9-4, the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Houston Astros 10-4, the Kansas City Royals topped the Chicago White Sox 10-7, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the San Diego Padres, 7-2, the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 4-1, and the Texas Rangers topped the Oakland Athletics 10-7. Doubleheaders on the date: the Colorado Rockies and the San Francisco Giants. 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, Jul 3, 2000 and the next, Jul 5, 2000. The 2000 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.