Games on May 18, 2021

The games of May 18, 2021

The schedule for May 18, 2021 lists 15 games. The widest margin belonged to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-1 winners over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Runs came easiest when the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-6. The day's shutouts were the Kansas City Royals over the Milwaukee Brewers (2-0), the Detroit Tigers over the Seattle Mariners (5-0), and the Toronto Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox (8-0). One-run games: the Cleveland Indians 6-5 over the Anaheim Angels, the New York Mets 4-3 over the Atlanta Braves, the Minnesota Twins 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox, and the Oakland Athletics 6-5 over the Houston Astros. In the other games, the Chicago Cubs topped the Washington Nationals 6-3, the San Francisco Giants topped the Cincinnati Reds 4-2, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 8-3, the Colorado Rockies fell to the San Diego Padres, 2-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2, and the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 7-4. 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 17, 2021 and the next, May 19, 2021. For the wider picture, see the 2021 season.