Games on July 2, 2005

The games of July 2, 2005

On July 2, 2005, 16 games went into the books. The Cincinnati Reds routed the Houston Astros 11-6, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Baltimore Orioles over the Cleveland Indians (4-0). The closest finishes were the Houston Astros 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds and the Texas Rangers 6-5 over the Seattle Mariners. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4, the Washington Nationals topped the Chicago Cubs 4-2, the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 8-4, the Anaheim Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3, the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5, the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3, the Minnesota Twins topped the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4-1, the New York Mets fell to the Florida Marlins, 7-3, the Chicago White Sox topped the Oakland Athletics 5-3, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3. The Houston Astros and the Cincinnati Reds met twice, as a doubleheader. 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 1, 2005 and the next, Jul 3, 2005. For the wider picture, see the 2005 season.