Games on July 4, 2011

The games of July 4, 2011

15 games were played on July 4, 2011, according to Retrosheet. The Texas Rangers routed the Baltimore Orioles 13-4, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Philadelphia Phillies over the Florida Marlins (1-0), the Minnesota Twins over the Tampa Bay Rays (7-0), and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Kansas City Royals, the Seattle Mariners 2-1 over the Oakland Athletics, and the Washington Nationals 5-4 over the Chicago Cubs. The rest of the slate: the Anaheim Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1, the Atlanta Braves topped the Colorado Rockies 4-1, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 9-7, the Cleveland Indians topped the New York Yankees 6-3, the New York Mets topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8-6, the Houston Astros fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-3, and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3. 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, Jul 3, 2011 and the next, Jul 5, 2011. For the wider picture, see the 2011 season.