Games on April 26, 2002

The games of April 26, 2002

On April 26, 2002, 15 games went into the books. The Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Chicago Cubs 10-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 10-5. The day's shutouts were the Anaheim Angels over the Toronto Blue Jays (4-0), the Atlanta Braves over the Houston Astros (9-0), and the New York Mets over the Milwaukee Brewers (1-0). The closest finishes were the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the San Francisco Giants, the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Minnesota Twins, and the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 over the Montreal Expos. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4-2, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Colorado Rockies, 4-1, the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the Florida Marlins 5-3, the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4, the San Diego Padres topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1, the Seattle Mariners fell to the New York Yankees, 7-1, and the Texas Rangers fell to the Cleveland Indians, 7-4. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Apr 25, 2002 and the next, Apr 27, 2002. The 2002 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.