Games on June 27, 2012

The games of June 27, 2012

15 games were played on June 27, 2012, according to Retrosheet. The New York Mets routed the Chicago Cubs 17-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 13-9. Shutouts: the Houston Astros over the San Diego Padres (1-0) and the San Francisco Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers (3-0). One-run games: the Kansas City Royals 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Rays, the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Cleveland Indians, and the Oakland Athletics 2-1 over the Seattle Mariners. The rest of the slate: the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Atlanta Braves, 6-4, the Anaheim Angels topped the Baltimore Orioles 13-1, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Boston Red Sox, 10-4, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-4, the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 11-5, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Miami Marlins, 5-3, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Chicago White Sox, 12-5, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-7. 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, Jun 26, 2012 and the next, Jun 28, 2012. For the wider picture, see the 2012 season.