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June 18, 2019

Padres And Rockies Score 92 Runs In Highest-Scoring Four-Game Series In History

Last weekend, the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies completed the highest-scoring four-game series in modern baseball history. On June 13-16 in Colorado, the two teams scored 92 runs, breaking the old record of 88 set in 1929 by the Phillies and Dodgers. They also banged out 131 hits, two shy of the record set by the Pirates and Phillies in August 7-10, 1922.

June 13
Padres  - 200 110 101     -  6 13  1
Rockies - 320 101 20x     -  9 13  1
June 14
Padres  - 010 002 116 005 - 16 21  1
Rockies - 002 025 200 001 - 12 18  0
June 15
Padres  - 301 003 100     -  8 13  0
Rockies - 131 240 30x     - 14 19  2
June 16
Padres  - 323 000 204     - 14 15  1
Rockies - 630 013 000     - 13 19  1
The previous record:
May 16, 1929: Phillies 7, Dodgers 4
May 17, 1929: Dodgers 14, Phillies 13
May 18, 1929 (G1): Dodgers 20, Phillies 16
May 18, 1929 (G2): Phillies 8, Dodgers 6
(STATS says the all-time record is 112 runs, scored by the Cleveland Blues and St. Louis Browns of the American Association in 1887.)

The Padres set franchise records by both scoring 44 runs and allowing 48 runs and tied a franchise record with 62 hits. ... The Rockies' 48 runs were third-most in team history for a four-game series and their 69 hits tied the franchise record.

Each team scored in more than half of their innings (Rockies: 20 of 37; Padres: 20 of 39).

The two teams' 131 hits, including 17 home runs, seven triples, and 27 doubles.

Colorado's Charlie Blackmon set a major league record with 15 hits in the four games. The previous record of 14 was held by Buck Jordan (1934) and Bill White (1961). With "only" three hits in the final game, Blackmon fell one hit shy of tying Milt Stock's record of four hits in four consecutive games (June 30 to July 3, 1925, Brooklyn). ... Blackmon raised his OPS by 94 ponts in the series!

From Doug Kern's Twitter account (only a sampling of the information he posted on this series):

June 14

The first 16-12 score since the Royals beat the Rangers on June 8, 2006.

In the past 15 years, the Padres have scored 6+ runs in the ninth inning seven times. Four of those games have been at Coors. That matches the number of times it's been done at Coors by the other 28 visiting teams combined.

Hunter and Manny Machado: First teammates in Padres history to each have 4 hits and 4 runs scored in the same game.

Hunter Renfroe: Second batter in Padres history to homer 10 innings apart in the same game (Ryan Ludwick did it in the 3rd and 13th innings vs Atlanta, April 25, 2011).

Padres: First game where they collected 10 extra-base hits since September 15, 2008 (naturally, also at Coors).

Ian Desmond: First player in Rockies history to have 2 hits and 4 RBI in a game he didn't start.

Miguel Diaz: Second Padres pitcher to give up 5+ earned runs while getting 2 or fewer outs and also hitting a batter along the way (Leonel Campos vs Pirates, April 21, 2016; Campos did not also throw a wild pitch.)

June 15

Charlie Blackmon is the 11th player in live-ball era with 4+ hits in three consecutive games. (Previous: Rafael Furcal, Dodgers, May 13-15, 2007.)

4 hits and 2 runs scored in 3 straight games, live-ball era:
Charlie Blackmon, Rockies, June 13-15, 2019
Brett Butler, Mets, July 18-20, 1995
Joe Cronin, Senators, June 19-22, 1933
Doc Cramer, Athletics, July 18-19, 1932
Milt Stock, Dodgers, June 30-July 2, 1925

Leadoff batters with 4+ hits and 3+ runs scored in back-to-back games, live-ball era:
Charlie Blackmon, Rockies, June 14-15, 2019
Matt Carpenter, Cardinals, May 30-31, 2016
Jose Reyes, Mets, June 26-28, 2011
Lou Brock, Cardinals, April 15-16, 1967
Chico Carrasquel, White Sox, April 22-23, 1955
Pepper Martin, Cardinals, May 5-7, 1933

Cleanup batters with 3 hits, 3 runs, 3 RBI, a triple, AND a hit-by-pitch, any team, ever:
David Dahl, Rockies, June 15, 2019 vs Padres (W 14-8)
Anthony Rizzo, Cubs, April 7, 2016 at Diamondbacks (W 14-6)
Ryan Doumit, Pirates, June 11, 2005 vs Devil Rays (W 18-2)

Padres: First time they scored 8+ runs at Coors without homering since September 22, 2009 (L 10-11).

June 16

Fourth time in Rockies history they've scored 12+ runs in three straight games. Second time it's been against same opponent.

Scored 13+ runs and lost, Rockies history:
June 16, 2019 vs Padres (13-14)
August 13, 1999 vs Expos (13-14)
June 22, 1993 vs Reds (13-16)

Rockies: First time scoring 12+ runs and losing since, of course, Friday. First time they've ever done it twice in same series. Only other time they've even it done it twice in a season was 1999 (four games, three at home).

Rockies: First game in team history where they scored 6+ in the first inning and lost. Last MLB team to do it was the Cubs, August 23, 2013, also against San Diego.

Games where Padres allowed 12+ runs and still won:
1969 to June 13, 2019: 3
June 14-16, 2019:  2

Greg Garcia: First player in Padres history with 4 hits, 4 RBI, and 2 triples in a game. (Hunter Dozier of the Royals did it April 27, 2019; first time two MLB players have done it in same season since 1949.)

Peter Lambert: Second starter in Rockies history to give up 8+ runs in three or fewer innings and NOT take the loss. (The other: Bret Saberhagen in the 1995 regular-season finale, which the Rockies came back to win and clinch the first-ever NL Wild Card.)

Starters giving up 11+ hits while getting 4 or fewer outs, live-ball era:
Nick Margevicius, Padres, June 16, 2019 at Rockies (ND 14-13, 9 ER)
Bronson Arroyo, Reds, June 24, 2008 at Blue Jays (L 1-14, 10 ER)
Phil Niekro, Atlanta, June 14, 1980 at Cubs (L 5-10, 7 ER)

Padres starters giving up 9+ runs and not lose:
Nick Margevicius, June 16, 2019 at Rockies (ND 14-13)
Edinson Volquez, June 7, 2013 at Rockies (ND 9-10)
Woody Williams, April 7, 2001 at Rockies (W 14-10)
Sean Bergman, July 13, 1997 at Rockies (ND 13-11)

First game since earned runs became official (1912) where both starters gave up 9+ hits, 8+ ER, and neither one made it to the 4th inning.

The Rockies are first team in (at least) the live-ball era to score 12+ runs in three straight games and lose two of them.

1 comment:

  1. I was visiting Colorado and took the family to the Sunday game. First inning took about an hour (if I recall correctly) because there were 9 runs scored. With 2 outs and 2 strikes in the top of the 1st, a pipe burst along the right field line, and they cleared the field and took >20 minutes to squeegee the field. Then the players came back, the Rockies starter threw one pitch for strike three, and they went in. Scored 6 runs, including the lead-off HR by Blackmon. After three innings it was 8-9. In the top of the 5th they cleared the upper deck because of lightning, and then in the middle of the 5th they rolled out the tarp for about an hour rain delay. We left the game during the delay, as our kids (11 and 8) were getting restless and we had been there for about 3 hours. It was my first MLB game attended since the Patriots Day game at Fenway in 2016.

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