On August 22, 2007 the Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3. I remember watching SportsCenter that night and when the score rolled across the bottom of the screen I thought they made a mistake and it was actually 3-3. Nope. This wasn't even one of those great Rangers team that went to the World Series back to back years. Their box score featured Ian Kinsler, Michael Young, and Nelson Cruz before he was great. Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Ramon Vasquez combined for 4 home runs and 14 RBI. Just one of those nights where everything goes right for a team, apparently.
For those wondering, 30 is the most runs scored by a team since 1897:
Pre dead ball era
ReplyDeleteI defer to Pete Abe when it comes to knowing when the dead ball era was.
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