Games on May 23, 2009

The games of May 23, 2009

On May 23, 2009, 15 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Tampa Bay Rays, 10-3 winners over the Florida Marlins. The highest-scoring game ended 8-7, the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Oakland Athletics. Shutouts: the Chicago White Sox over the Pittsburgh Pirates (4-0) and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Kansas City Royals (5-0). The closest finishes were the Atlanta Braves 4-3 over the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Mets 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians 7-6 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the Colorado Rockies 4-3 over the Detroit Tigers. Elsewhere, the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 6-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Anaheim Angels 5-4, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Minnesota Twins, 6-2, the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4, the Chicago Cubs fell to the San Diego Padres, 3-1, the Seattle Mariners fell to the San Francisco Giants, 5-1, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 2-1. 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 22, 2009 and the next, May 24, 2009. For the wider picture, see the 2009 season.