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APRIL 6 · 479 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1970–2025

On this date in 2004, Minnesota beat Cleveland 7–6 in 14 innings. It took 5 hours and 0 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 479 major-league games played on April 6, from 1970 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1974-04-06	Minnesota at Kansas City	6–23	8.5
2018-04-06	Baltimore at the Yankees	7–3	14.0	320 min
1974-04-06	Minnesota at Kansas City	6–23	8.5	by 17
1999-04-06	Colorado at San Diego	3–4	8.5	61,247 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1998-04-06	Cleveland at Oakland	6–5	9.0	hits 7-14
1989-04-06	Toronto at Kansas City	2–3	8.5	hits 10-4
2014-04-06	Minnesota at Cleveland	10–7	9.0	hits 9-15

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

1970-04-06	Montreal at Cincinnati	1–5	8.5	000000100 / 00041000x
1971-04-06	The Yankees at the Boston Red Sox	1–3	8.5	000000010 / 00010011x
1971-04-06	Kansas City at the California Angels	4–1	9.0	020101000 / 000010000

By the decades

1970s 43 · 1980s 58 · 1990s 76 · 2000s 130 · 2010s 122 · 2020s 50

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