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APRIL 3 · 262 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1984–2025

On this date in 2011, Kansas City beat the Anaheim Angels 12–9 in 12 innings while being out-hit 19 to 14. It took 4 hours and 46 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 262 major-league games played on April 3, from 1984 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1996-04-03	Detroit at Minnesota	7–16	8.5
2013-04-03	St. Louis at Arizona	9–10	15.7	332 min
1996-04-03	San Francisco at Atlanta	2–15	8.5	by 13
2006-04-03	Atlanta at the Dodgers	11–10	9.0	56,000 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1997-04-03	Atlanta at Houston	3–2	9.0	hits 2-8
1984-04-03	Milwaukee at Oakland	5–6	8.8	hits 12-7
2002-04-03	Texas at Oakland	6–9	8.5	hits 12-7

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

1989-04-03	Milwaukee at Cleveland	1–2	8.5	000010000 / 00200000x
1989-04-03	Seattle at Oakland	2–3	8.5	000011000 / 10200000x
1996-04-03	Colorado at Philadelphia	1–3	8.5	000000001 / 01100010x

By the decades

1980s 16 · 1990s 39 · 2000s 80 · 2010s 80 · 2020s 47

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