Games on May 1, 2006

The games of May 1, 2006

On May 1, 2006, 15 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Seattle Mariners' 8-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Runs came easiest when the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-7. The day's shutouts were the Oakland Athletics over the Anaheim Angels (1-0), the Atlanta Braves over the Colorado Rockies (2-0), and the Texas Rangers over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (3-0). One-run games: the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs 2-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Kansas City Royals, and the New York Mets 2-1 over the Washington Nationals. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 7-3, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 6-1, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Chicago White Sox, 8-6, the Florida Marlins fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-5, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Houston Astros 4-2, and the San Diego Padres topped the San Francisco Giants 10-4. 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, Apr 30, 2006 and the next, May 2, 2006. For the wider picture, see the 2006 season.