July 26, 2011

Rangers Score 3+ Runs In Each of First Five Innings

The Rangers scored at least three runs in each of the first five innings last night against the Twins. That has happened only three times since 1900.

July 13, 1900 - Phillies 23, Pirates 8
A box score of the game (played in Pittsburgh) is not easily available, but the runs went: 544 34. [Update: Thanks to Jere, who posted a linescore in comments.]
Phillies  - 544 340 03  - 23 24  6
Pirates   - 200 204 00  -  8  9  5
September 29, 1991 - Athletics 19, Rangers 5
Rangers   - 010 110 002 -  5  9  0
Athletics - 336 331 00x - 19 18  3
July 25, 2011 - Rangers 20, Twins 6
Twins     - 000 100 161 -  6 11  3
Rangers   - 333 540 20x - 20 27  4

The 27 hits was two fewer than the club record set in Texas' 30-3 win over Baltimore on August 22, 2007. ... Seven Rangers had at least three hits last night, tying a major league record. ... Texas also became the fourth team since 1967 to score 20+ runs after being shutout in their previous game.

Cubs - 1967
May 19: Dodgers 8, Cubs 0
May 20: Cubs 20, Dodgers 3

Cubs - 1979
May 16: Phillies 13, Cubs 0
May 17: Cubs 23, Phillies 22

Orioles - 2000
September 27: Blue Jays 4, Orioles 0
September 28: Orioles 23, Blue Jays 1

Rangers - 2011
July 24: Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0
July 25: Rangers 20, Twins 6

4 comments:

Jere said...

I got the linescore of the 1900 game from NYT:

PHI 544 340 03--23 24 6
PIT 200 204 00--8 9 5

Guess they had to stop after 8. Jack Chesbro started for Pitt. They didn't have a box though.

allan said...

Nice! I looked at The Sporting News through "Paper of Record", but the quality was extremely poor.

Here's a challenge: Can you find a linescore of the Texas League game from July 23, 1907 in which Austin beat San Antonio 44-0?

Jere said...

I feel like I looked for that one before. Couldn't find it then, can't find it now.

tim said...

Wow, sweet lines for the starting pitches in that 79 Phils/Cubs game.