Games on May 17, 2012

The games of May 17, 2012

On May 17, 2012, 15 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Atlanta Braves, 7-0 winners over the Miami Marlins. Runs came easiest when the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-7. A shutout went on the board for the Houston Astros over the Milwaukee Brewers (4-0). The closest finishes were the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 over the Chicago Cubs, the Cleveland Indians 6-5 over the Seattle Mariners, the Minnesota Twins 4-3 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Oakland Athletics 5-4 over the Texas Rangers. The rest of the slate: the Anaheim Angels fell to the Chicago White Sox, 6-1, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3, the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the San Diego Padres 8-1, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the San Francisco Giants, 7-5, the Boston Red Sox topped the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3, the New York Yankees fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-1, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 5-3. 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 16, 2012 and the next, May 18, 2012. For the wider picture, see the 2012 season.