Games on May 11, 2012

The games of May 11, 2012

On May 11, 2012, 15 games went into the books. The Oakland Athletics routed the Detroit Tigers 11-4, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-7. Shutouts: the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals (5-0) and the Houston Astros over the Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0). One-run games: the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 over the Tampa Bay Rays, the Miami Marlins 6-5 over the New York Mets, the Milwaukee Brewers 8-7 over the Chicago Cubs, and the Minnesota Twins 7-6 over the Toronto Blue Jays. The rest of the slate: the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1, the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Washington Nationals, 7-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Colorado Rockies 7-3, the New York Yankees topped the Seattle Mariners 6-2, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the San Diego Padres 7-3, and the Texas Rangers topped the Anaheim Angels 10-3. 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 10, 2012 and the next, May 12, 2012. For the wider picture, see the 2012 season.