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!"]
* * *
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.