Games on May 8, 2012

The games of May 8, 2012

On May 8, 2012, 15 games went into the books. The Texas Rangers routed the Baltimore Orioles 10-3, the widest margin of the day. A shutout went on the board for the Minnesota Twins over the Anaheim Angels (5-0). Decided by a single run were the Houston Astros 3-2 over the Miami Marlins, the San Francisco Giants 2-1 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 over the Washington Nationals. In the other games, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-1, the Atlanta Braves topped the Chicago Cubs 3-1, the Chicago White Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 5-3, the Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3, the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Oakland Athletics, 7-3, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the New York Mets, 7-4, the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1, and the Detroit Tigers topped the Seattle Mariners 6-4. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 7, 2012 and the next, May 9, 2012. For the wider picture, see the 2012 season.