1903 September 16: 14-7 vs Cleveland September 17: 14-3 vs Cleveland 1934 June 18: 14-9 vs Browns (G2 of DH) June 20: 14-9 vs White Sox 1939 July 4: 17-7 and 18-12 at Athletics (DH) 1940 September 27: 24-4 vs Senators September 28: 16-4 vs Athletics (G1 of DH) 1950 June 7: 20-4 vs Browns June 8: 29-4 vs Browns [after which, the Red Sox went 1-8 in their next 9 games, and 2-10 in their next 12] 1953 June 17: 17-1 vs Tigers June 18: 23-3 vs Tigers 1988 June 19: 15-7 at Orioles June 20: 14-7 at Cleveland 1998 July 2: 15-0 vs Expos July 3: 15-2 vs White Sox 2011 May 25: 14-2 at Cleveland May 26: 14-1 at Tigers
The record of consecutive games with 14+ runs scored for any team (1919-2011) is three, set by the 1928 Pirates 18-4, 14-6, 14-8), 1930 Cubs (16-4, 15-2, 18-10), and 1993 Tigers (15-1, 15-5, 17-11).
The 1946 Red Sox scored 12+ runs in three straight games (June 28-30), and the 1950 team scored 11+ runs in four consecutive games (June 2-5), right on the cusp of those two games against the Browns, above.
From 1919-2011, the only team to score 14+ runs in two straight games and lose them both was the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies, who were swept in a doubleheader by Pittsburgh 2-1 and 16-15 on July 23, then were beaten by the Cubs the next day 19-15.
41 Days Later
End of play, April 15, 2011
W L PCT GB
Yankees 7 5 .583 ---
Blue Jays 7 6 .538 0.5
Orioles 6 6 .500 1.0
Rays 5 8 .385 1.5
Red Sox 2 10 .167 5.0
End of play, May 26, 2011 W L PCT GB
Yankees 27 21 .563 ---
Red Sox 28 22 .560 ---
Rays 26 23 .531 1.5
Orioles 24 24 .500 3.0
Blue Jays 24 26 .480 4.0
And there are still 112 games to play. Boston has, obviously, had the best record among the five East teams in that span: 26-12.The others: Rays 21-15, Yankees 20-16, Orioles 18-18, Blue Jays 17-20.
On May 12 the Sox were 17-20 and tied for last place.
ReplyDelete11-2 over two weeks and they're tied for first.
OT: lol
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