Games on May 2, 2004

The games of May 2, 2004

14 games were played on May 2, 2004, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Seattle Mariners, 12-2 winners over the Detroit Tigers. Runs came easiest when the San Francisco Giants beat the Florida Marlins 9-8. A shutout went on the board for the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago Cubs (1-0). One-run games: the Chicago White Sox 3-2 over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Houston Astros 6-5 over the Cincinnati Reds, the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The rest of the slate: the Atlanta Braves fell to the Colorado Rockies, 13-4, the Montreal Expos beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Anaheim Angels, 3-1, the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2, the New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 6-2, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 8-2, and the Texas Rangers topped the Boston Red Sox 4-1. 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 1, 2004 and the next, May 3, 2004. For the wider picture, see the 2004 season.