Games on April 21, 2002

The games of April 21, 2002

Retrosheet's records show 16 games on April 21, 2002. The widest margin belonged to the Boston Red Sox, 12-2 winners over the Kansas City Royals. Runs came easiest when the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 11-8. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the San Francisco Giants (4-0) and the San Diego Padres over the Los Angeles Dodgers (5-0). The closest finishes were the Boston Red Sox 8-7 over the Kansas City Royals, the Oakland Athletics 6-5 over the Anaheim Angels, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2-1 over the Baltimore Orioles. Elsewhere, the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the Colorado Rockies 7-1, the Atlanta Braves topped the Florida Marlins 4-2, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-3, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, the Montreal Expos topped the New York Mets 6-3, the New York Yankees topped the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3, and the Texas Rangers fell to the Seattle Mariners, 5-3. The Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals met twice, as a doubleheader. 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, Apr 20, 2002 and the next, Apr 22, 2002. For the wider picture, see the 2002 season.