Games on May 6, 2012

The games of May 6, 2012

15 games were played on May 6, 2012, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-1 winners over the Houston Astros. The highest-scoring game ended 9-6, the Baltimore Orioles over the Boston Red Sox. A shutout went on the board for the Cincinnati Reds over the Pittsburgh Pirates (5-0). One-run games: the Anaheim Angels 4-3 over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Chicago Cubs 4-3 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the San Francisco Giants 4-3 over the Milwaukee Brewers. Elsewhere, the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 4-2, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Atlanta Braves, 7-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1, the New York Yankees topped the Kansas City Royals 10-4, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the New York Mets, 3-1, the Miami Marlins beat the San Diego Padres 6-3, the Seattle Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2, the Tampa Bay Rays fell to the Oakland Athletics, 9-5, and the Washington Nationals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-3. 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, May 5, 2012 and the next, May 7, 2012. The 2012 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.