Games on May 24, 2016

The games of May 24, 2016

On May 24, 2016, 15 games went into the books. The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 12-3. The day's shutouts were the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays (6-0). One-run games: the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 over the Atlanta Braves, the Houston Astros 3-2 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 over the Miami Marlins, and the Seattle Mariners 6-5 over the Oakland Athletics. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox topped the Colorado Rockies 8-3, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 6-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-2, the Kansas City Royals topped the Minnesota Twins 7-4, the San Francisco Giants topped the San Diego Padres 8-2, the Texas Rangers topped the Anaheim Angels 4-1, and the Washington Nationals topped the New York Mets 7-4. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 23, 2016 and the next, May 25, 2016. The 2016 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.