Games on May 5, 2021

The games of May 5, 2021

16 games were played on May 5, 2021, according to Retrosheet. The Miami Marlins routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics 9-4. The day's shutouts were the Cincinnati Reds over the Chicago White Sox (1-0) and the Baltimore Orioles over the Seattle Mariners (6-0). Decided by a single run were the Detroit Tigers 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs 6-5 over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Colorado Rockies 6-5 over the San Francisco Giants, and the Cleveland Indians 5-4 over the Kansas City Royals. The rest of the slate: the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Anaheim Angels 3-1, the Texas Rangers topped the Minnesota Twins 3-1, the New York Yankees beat the Houston Astros 6-3, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4, the San Diego Padres topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2, the New York Mets fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-1, the New York Mets topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2, and the Washington Nationals fell to the Atlanta Braves, 5-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 4, 2021 and the next, May 6, 2021. For the wider picture, see the 2021 season.