Games on May 17, 2005

The games of May 17, 2005

Retrosheet's records show 15 games on May 17, 2005. The widest margin belonged to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 14-5 winners over the Florida Marlins. Runs came easiest when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 12-8. Shutouts went on the board for the Houston Astros over the Arizona Diamondbacks (3-0) and the New York Yankees over the Seattle Mariners (6-0). One-run games: the Detroit Tigers 4-3 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the New York Mets 2-1 over the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago Cubs 4-3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the San Diego Padres 3-2 over the Atlanta Braves. The rest of the slate: the Texas Rangers fell to the Chicago White Sox, 5-2, the Cleveland Indians beat the Anaheim Angels 13-5, the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 9-4, the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Minnesota Twins 10-3, the Oakland Athletics fell to the Boston Red Sox, 7-5, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-5, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 8-2. 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, May 16, 2005 and the next, May 18, 2005. For the wider picture, see the 2005 season.