Games on May 8, 2015

The games of May 8, 2015

14 games were played on May 8, 2015, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-0 winners over the Boston Red Sox. The highest-scoring game ended 8-5, the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The day's shutouts were the Anaheim Angels over the Houston Astros (2-0) and the San Francisco Giants over the Miami Marlins (6-0). One-run games: the San Diego Padres 6-5 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 over the Colorado Rockies, the Detroit Tigers 6-5 over the Kansas City Royals, and the Chicago Cubs 7-6 over the Milwaukee Brewers. In the other games, the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 9-3, the New York Yankees topped the Baltimore Orioles 5-4, the New York Mets fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-1, the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3, the Texas Rangers fell to the Tampa Bay Rays, 8-2, and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 9-2. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, May 7, 2015 and the next, May 9, 2015. For the wider picture, see the 2015 season.