Games on May 17, 2017

The games of May 17, 2017

On May 17, 2017, 14 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Texas Rangers' 9-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Runs came easiest when the Anaheim Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 12-8. The day's shutouts were the Houston Astros over the Miami Marlins (3-0) and the Seattle Mariners over the Oakland Athletics (4-0). One-run games: the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 over the New York Mets, the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the Baltimore Orioles, and the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals. In the other games, the Atlanta Braves topped the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Chicago Cubs, 7-5, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-4, the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 11-7, the Washington Nationals fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-1, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-1, and the San Francisco Giants fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-1. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 16, 2017 and the next, May 18, 2017. For the wider picture, see the 2017 season.