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Almanac Edition · every March 27 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

MARCH 27 · 14 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 2025–2025

On this date in 2025, San Francisco beat Cincinnati 6–4 while being out-hit 8 to 6.

The Committee has looked at all 14 major-league games played on March 27, from 2025 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

2025-03-27	The Cubs at Arizona	10–6	9.0
2025-03-27	Philadelphia at Washington	7–3	10.0	189 min
2025-03-27	Baltimore at Toronto	12–2	9.0	by 10
2025-03-27	Detroit at the Dodgers	4–5	8.5	53,595 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

2025-03-27	San Francisco at Cincinnati	6–4	9.0	hits 6-8
2025-03-27	Detroit at the Dodgers	4–5	8.5	hits 9-7
2025-03-27	The Boston Red Sox at Texas	5–2	9.0	hits 6-7

The Mirror Game — a line score this date shares with another day

2025-03-27	The Mets at Houston	1–3	8.5	000000001 / 01200000x
2025-03-27	Milwaukee at the Yankees	2–4	8.5	001000001 / 11000020x

By the decades

2020s 14

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