Games on June 30, 2002

The games of June 30, 2002

On June 30, 2002, 14 games went into the books. The Kansas City Royals routed the San Diego Padres 13-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8. The day's shutouts were the New York Yankees over the New York Mets (8-0) and the Oakland Athletics over the San Francisco Giants (7-0). The closest finishes were the Minnesota Twins 4-3 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the Colorado Rockies 4-3 over the Seattle Mariners, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-5 over the Florida Marlins. In the other games, the Anaheim Angels beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-5, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Atlanta Braves, 7-3, the Chicago Cubs beat the Chicago White Sox 9-2, the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the Cleveland Indians 5-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Detroit Tigers 6-2, and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Montreal Expos 7-5. 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, Jun 29, 2002 and the next, Jul 1, 2002. For the wider picture, see the 2002 season.