Games on July 21, 2012

The games of July 21, 2012

On July 21, 2012, 16 games went into the books. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Chicago Cubs 12-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Houston Astros 12-3. The day's shutouts were the Atlanta Braves over the Washington Nationals (4-0). The closest finishes were the Oakland Athletics 2-1 over the New York Yankees, the San Francisco Giants 6-5 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Seattle Mariners 2-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays. Elsewhere, the Texas Rangers beat the Anaheim Angels 9-2, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Baltimore Orioles, 3-1, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-1, the Kansas City Royals topped the Minnesota Twins 7-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the New York Mets 8-5, the Miami Marlins fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-1, the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 8-6, and the Washington Nationals topped the Atlanta Braves 5-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 20, 2012 and the next, Jul 22, 2012. For the wider picture, see the 2012 season.