Games on April 18, 2018

The games of April 18, 2018

13 games were played on April 18, 2018, according to Retrosheet. The Toronto Blue Jays routed the Kansas City Royals 15-5, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 12-11. The day's shutouts were the Boston Red Sox over the Anaheim Angels (9-0) and the Milwaukee Brewers over the Cincinnati Reds (2-0). The closest finishes were the San Francisco Giants 4-3 over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Detroit Tigers 6-5 over the Baltimore Orioles, and the Minnesota Twins 2-1 over the Cleveland Indians. In the other games, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Atlanta Braves, 7-3, the Washington Nationals fell to the New York Mets, 11-5, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the San Diego Padres 13-4, the Seattle Mariners fell to the Houston Astros, 7-1, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 4-2. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Apr 17, 2018 and the next, Apr 19, 2018. For the wider picture, see the 2018 season.