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Has an MLB game ever ended 18-5?

It has. 18-5 has been a MLB final 52 times in 235,971 games. The first was Washington Nationals beat Kansas City Cowboys on September 5, 1884; the latest was Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians on June 6, 2021.

Where 18-5 sits among nearby MLB scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 18-5 the 137th most common final score out of 330 that have ever occurred in MLB. One point away, 19-5 has happened 25 times and 18-6 has happened 44 times. At one point the score disappeared for 29 years, between 1943 and 1972.

Every 18-5 in MLB history

DateResultSeason
2021-06-06Baltimore Orioles over Cleveland Indians2021
2019-07-01Pittsburgh Pirates over Chicago Cubs2019
2019-03-30Los Angeles Dodgers over Arizona Diamondbacks2019
2018-07-20St. Louis Cardinals over Chicago Cubs2018
2010-09-05New York Mets over Chicago Cubs2010
2008-07-09Boston Red Sox over Minnesota Twins2008
2005-06-30Texas Rangers over Los Angeles Angels2005
2004-05-27New York Yankees over Baltimore Orioles2004
2003-09-09Philadelphia Phillies over Atlanta Braves2003
2002-07-02San Francisco Giants over Colorado Rockies2002
1998-07-17Seattle Mariners over Kansas City Royals1998
1996-08-15Baltimore Orioles over Oakland Athletics1996
1993-09-21Atlanta Braves over Montreal Expos1993
1988-04-18New York Yankees over Minnesota Twins1988
1981-04-23Chicago White Sox over Baltimore Orioles1981
1979-08-14New York Mets over Atlanta Braves1979
1972-09-16Chicago Cubs over New York Mets1972
1943-06-04Brooklyn Dodgers over Chicago Cubs1943
1939-09-17Cleveland Indians over Philadelphia Athletics1939
1936-07-26Chicago Cubs over Philadelphia Phillies1936
1935-07-13Philadelphia Athletics over Detroit Tigers1935
1932-08-01Philadelphia Phillies over Pittsburgh Pirates1932
1930-09-02New York Giants over Philadelphia Phillies1930
1928-07-31St. Louis Cardinals over Philadelphia Phillies1928
1927-05-31New York Yankees over Philadelphia Athletics1927
1926-04-20New York Yankees over Washington Senators1926
1925-07-02St. Louis Browns over Chicago White Sox1925
1924-07-10New York Yankees over Chicago White Sox1924
1923-09-25Pittsburgh Pirates over Philadelphia Phillies1923
1923-07-07Pittsburgh Pirates over Philadelphia Phillies1923
1921-04-28Cleveland Indians over Detroit Tigers1921
1920-09-15St. Louis Browns over Boston Red Sox1920
1913-09-12Boston Red Sox over Detroit Tigers1913
1903-09-09Cincinnati Reds over St. Louis Cardinals1903
1900-07-25Boston Beaneaters over St. Louis Cardinals1900
1897-10-02Philadelphia Phillies over New York Giants1897
1896-05-26Cincinnati Reds over Washington Senators1896
1895-09-12Baltimore Orioles over Brooklyn Bridegrooms1895
1894-05-08Philadelphia Phillies over Brooklyn Bridegrooms1894
1893-06-28Philadelphia Phillies over Pittsburgh Pirates1893
1892-09-12Philadelphia Phillies over Louisville Colonels1892
1891-09-12Columbus Solons over Philadelphia Athletics1891
1891-05-05Philadelphia Athletics over Baltimore Orioles1891
1890-08-16Chicago Colts over Pittsburgh Alleghenys1890
1890-08-08Pittsburgh Burghers over Buffalo Bisons1890
1889-08-22Cincinnati Red Stockings over Brooklyn Bridegrooms1889
1889-04-19Baltimore Orioles over Columbus Solons1889
1888-07-20St. Louis Browns over Kansas City Cowboys1888
1885-07-05Louisville Colonels over New York Metropolitans1885
1885-06-17St. Louis Browns over Brooklyn Grays1885
1884-09-23St. Louis Browns over Brooklyn Atlantics1884
1884-09-05Washington Nationals over Kansas City Cowboys1884

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