Games on July 9, 2004

The games of July 9, 2004

On July 9, 2004, 15 games went into the books. The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the Montreal Expos 11-0, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 7-6, the Philadelphia Phillies over the Atlanta Braves. The day's shutouts were the Kansas City Royals over the Baltimore Orioles (7-0), the Boston Red Sox over the Texas Rangers (7-0), and the Cincinnati Reds over the Milwaukee Brewers (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Cleveland Indians 5-4 over the Oakland Athletics, the Houston Astros 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and the Colorado Rockies 6-5 over the San Diego Padres. The rest of the slate: the Seattle Mariners fell to the Chicago White Sox, 6-2, the New York Mets beat the Florida Marlins 6-3, the Detroit Tigers topped the Minnesota Twins 5-3, the San Francisco Giants topped the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-3, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1, and the Anaheim Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4. 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, Jul 8, 2004 and the next, Jul 10, 2004. The 2004 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.