Games on May 6, 2006

The games of May 6, 2006

Retrosheet's records show 15 games on May 6, 2006. The Chicago White Sox routed the Kansas City Royals 9-2, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 7-6, the Minnesota Twins over the Detroit Tigers. Shutouts: the Colorado Rockies over the Houston Astros (5-0) and the Anaheim Angels over the Toronto Blue Jays (3-0). One-run games: the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 over the Florida Marlins, the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 over the Milwaukee Brewers, the New York Mets 6-5 over the Atlanta Braves, and the Oakland Athletics 3-2 over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The rest of the slate: the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-1, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Boston Red Sox, 9-3, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1, the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1, the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 6-1, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Washington Nationals 5-4. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 5, 2006 and the next, May 7, 2006. For the wider picture, see the 2006 season.