August 20, 2021

Linescores: 1888, Picket Fences, Binary Digits, & The Ramones

August 18, 2021

Cleveland - 111 110 002 00 - 7  7  2
Twins     - 100 150 000 01 - 8 10  2

Doug Kern reports that it had been 18 years since Cleveland had scored exactly one run in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings of a game. Someone else tweeted that Cleveland had done it on September 14, 1906 and August 1, 1991. (Since 2021 minus 18 is not 1991, there must also be other games.)

September 14, 1906 (G2)

Tigers    - 000 000 000 - 0  2  1
Cleveland - 111 110 10x - 6 12  2


Cleveland - 111 100 000 - 5  8  1
Blue Jays - 300 002 20x - 7 10  1

The last time it had happened in MLB was on April 28, 2018, when the Red Sox did it against the Rays.

April 28, 2018

Rays    – 022 011 114 – 12 18  1
Red Sox – 111 110 001 -  6 12  1

By chance I had been looking at box scores from 1888 on Wednesday evening and had found several instances of a "picket fence" linescore, including three games in two days

May 23, 1888, Central League

Binghamton  - 000 000 000 - 0  4 13
Jersey City - 111 110 10x - 6  5  2

May 24, 1888, National League

Detroit - 210 000 100 - 4  7  0
Chicago - 111 110 03x - 8 12  4

May 24, 1888, New England League

Worcester - 200 000 002 - 4  4 11
Salem     - 111 110 20x - 7  8  8

May 30, 1888, National League

Detroit      - 111 110 100 - 6 15  1
Philadelphia - 000 100 001 - 2  8  6
[8 runs scored in a binary linescore (1s and 0s)]

Also:

May 14, 1888, Inter-State League

Bloomington - 100 011 000 - 3  8 10
Decatur     - 100 111 10x - 5  5  4
[Also an 8-run binary linescore]

June 8, 1888, International Association

Troy     - 111 001 305 - 12 12  5
Hamilton - 111 200 400 -  9 12 16

May 23, 1888, Tri-State League

Jackson  - 303 111 012 - 12 16  4
Wheeling - 111 011 003 -  8 11  5
[Nine single-run half-innings]

May 7, 1888, Central League 

Newark - 012 123 400 - 13 14  5
Elmire - 200 001 100 -  4  6 13

[A linescore with "1234" is (of course) known as a Ramones linescore. This game has the full count-in: "Oh, 1-2, 1-2-3-4!"]

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Jorge Polanco: First batter in Minnesota Twins history (since 1961) to have three walkoff anythings within four days of each other. Prior to Polanco, the Twins record was held by Joe Nossek . . . who took 37 days to collect three walkoffs in 1965: June 25, June 27, July 31.


Rays  - 000 012 100 - 4  7  1
Twins - 200 200 001 - 5  4  1
[Polanco: Sac Fly to RF scores winning run]


Cleveland - 020 011 000 0 - 4  8  1
Twins     - 101 101 000 1 - 5 14  4
[Polanco: Double to RF scores winning run]


Cleveland - 111 110 002 00 - 7  7  2
Twins     - 100 150 000 01 - 8 10  2
[Polanco: Single to RF scores winning run]

David Ortiz had three walkoff hits in an 11-day span in the 2004 postseason: October 8, 17, and 18.

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