Games on May 5, 2001

The games of May 5, 2001

15 games were played on May 5, 2001, according to Retrosheet. The Chicago Cubs routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 20-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 12-10. Shutouts: the Texas Rangers over the Chicago White Sox (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Atlanta Braves 6-5 over the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros 4-3 over the Montreal Expos. Elsewhere, the Anaheim Angels fell to the Detroit Tigers, 11-2, the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2, the San Diego Padres topped the Cincinnati Reds 5-2, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Florida Marlins 8-2, the New York Mets topped the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-1, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Boston Red Sox, 7-1, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Colorado Rockies 11-3, the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays fell to the Cleveland Indians, 9-4. Only final scores are available for this date. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 4, 2001 and the next, May 6, 2001. For the wider picture, see the 2001 season.