Games on May 8, 2021

15 games

The games of May 8, 2021

Retrosheet's records show 15 games on May 8, 2021. The Chicago White Sox routed the Kansas City Royals 9-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 14-11, the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Anaheim Angels. One-run games: the Atlanta Braves 8-7 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the New York Yankees 4-3 over the Washington Nationals, and the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 over the Colorado Rockies. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox topped the Baltimore Orioles 11-6, the Cleveland Indians topped the Cincinnati Reds 9-2, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-3, the Houston Astros fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-4, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 6-2, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the New York Mets, 4-2, the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3, the San Diego Padres fell to the San Francisco Giants, 7-1, and the Texas Rangers topped the Seattle Mariners 9-8. 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 7, 2021 and the next, May 9, 2021. For the wider picture, see the 2021 season.

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