Games on May 24, 2002

The games of May 24, 2002

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on May 24, 2002. The widest margin belonged to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 14-3 winners over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Runs came easiest when the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9-8. One-run games: the Boston Red Sox 9-8 over the New York Yankees, the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the Houston Astros, and the New York Mets 5-4 over the Florida Marlins. Elsewhere, the Minnesota Twins topped the Anaheim Angels 5-1, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Atlanta Braves, 11-2, the Chicago White Sox topped the Detroit Tigers 12-1, the Colorado Rockies topped the San Francisco Giants 8-5, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the San Diego Padres 6-2, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Montreal Expos, 4-1, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-2, the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-2, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 23, 2002 and the next, May 25, 2002. For the wider picture, see the 2002 season.