Mets Are First Team To Score 40 Runs Over Consecutive Games Since 1953 Red Sox

The Mets scored a total of 40 runs over consecutive games: 16 on Wednesday in Baltimore and 24 in the first game of Thursday's doubleheader in Philadelphia. No team had done that since the 1953 Red Sox.

The Mets are also the first National League team to score 15+ runs in consecutive games since the New York Giants beat the Phillies by the scores of 18-1 and 18-1 on August 2 and 4, 1933.

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

NYM - 200 219 002 - 16 19  0
BAL - 100 000 130 -  5 12  0

Thursday, August 16, 2018 (G1)

NYM - 102 2(10)0 252 - 24 25  0
PHI - 021 1  0 0 000 -  4 10  4

The Red Sox scored 40 runs in consecutive games at Fenway Park against the Tigers on June 17-18, 1953 - also on a Wednesday and Thursday!

Wednesday, June 17, 1953

DET - 000 000 001 -  1  5  2
BOS - 220 710 05x - 17 20  2

Thursday, June 18, 1953

DET - 000 201   0 00 -  3  7  5
BOS - 030 002 (17)1x - 23 27  0

The Red Sox sent 23 batters to the plate in the seventh inning:

Steve Gromek pitching
Sammy White singled to CF
Gene Stephens singled to RF, White to 3B
Stephens stole 2B
Tom Umphlett singled to LF, White and Stephens scored
Johnny Lipon struck out
George Kell doubled to to LF, Umphlett to 3B
Billy Goodman walked intentionally
Jim Piersall singled to CF, Umphlett and Kell scored, Goodman to 3B
Dick Gernert homered, Goodman, Piersall and Gernert scored
Ellis Kinder singled to RF
Sammy White walked, Kinder to 2B
Dick Weik pitching
Kinder to 3B, White to 2B on wild pitch
Gene Stephens doubled to CF, Kinder and White scored
Tom Umphlett walked
Johnny Lipon singled to LF, Stephens scored, Umphlett to 2B
George Kell flied out to LF
Billy Goodman singled to RCF, Umphlett scored, Lipon to 2B
Earl Harrist pitching
Al Zarilla pinch hits for Jim Piersall
Ted Lepcio pinch runs for Billy Goodman
Al Zarilla walked, Lipon to 3B, Lepcio to 2B
Dick Gernert walked, Lipon scored, Lepcio to 3B, Zarilla to 2B
Ellis Kinder singled to CF, Lepcio and Zarilla scored, Gernert to 3B
Sammy White singled to CF, Gernert scored, Kinder to 2B
Gene Stephens singled to RF, Kinder scored, White to 3B
Tom Umphlett singled to LF, White scored, Stephens to 2B
Johnny Lipon walked, Stephens to 3B, Umphlett to 2B
George Kell flied out to left
17 runs, 14 hits, 6 walks, 0 errors, 3 left on base

The Mets also became the first team in the Modern Era (since 1900) to win and lose games in the same season by at least 20 runs. ... If you recall:

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

NYM - 000 000 103 -  4  9  0
WSH - 733 330 06x - 25 26  1

Before the Modern Era, three teams accomplished that feat:

1883 Buffalo Bisons

June 15: Bisons 22, Philadelphia Quakers 4
July 3:  Chicago Cubs 31, Bisons 7
July 17: Bisons 21, Philadelphia Quakers 6
July 19: Bisons 25, Philadelphia Quakers 5

1887 Philadelphia Quakers (Phillies)

June 15: New York Giants 29, Quakers 1
June 28: Quakers 24, Indianapolis Hoosiers 0

1894 Philadelphia Quakers (Phillies)

April 24:     Quakers 22, Brooklyn Grooms 5
June 15:      Quakers 21, Cincinnati Reds 8
July 12:      Cleveland Spiders 20, Quakers 10
August 17:    Quakers 29, Louisville Colonels 4
September 20: Chicago Cubs 20, Quakers 4
September 24: Quakers 21, St. Louis Cardinals 1
September 27: Cleveland Spiders 26, Quakers 4

All three of these 19th Century teams played a 20+-run game on a June 15.