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30-3!
2007-08-22 22:08
by Mike Carminati

The Rangers scored by a ginourmous—hey, Webster's says it's a word now—amount of runs tonight, 30-3 over the Orioles. They then won the nightcap, 9-3.

39 runs in one day. Earl Weaver would be rolling over in his grave if he were dead.

The Rangers became the first American League club to score 30 in a game and the first major-league club to do so since Chicago Colts (now Cubs) did it on June 29, 1897. It has only been done 24 times in major-league history, and here they are:

DateTeamH/AOpponentRRA
18710712Boston Red StockingsAFort Wayne Kekiongas309
18710628Philadelphia AthleticsATroy Haymakers4933
18721005Baltimore CanariesABrooklyn Atlantics3914
18900626Philadelphia AthleticsABuffalo Bisons3012
18710902Boston Red StockingsHCleveland Forest Citys3110
18710628Troy HaymakersHPhiladelphia Athletics3349
18710703Troy HaymakersHNew York Mutuals3716
18710707Washington OlympicsHFort Wayne Kekiongas3212
18720622Middletown MansfieldsHBrooklyn Eckfords366
18720501Philadelphia AthleticsHBaltimore Canaries3419
18720518Philadelphia AthleticsHCleveland Forest Citys317
18730630Baltimore CanariesHBaltimore Marylands351
18730704Boston Red StockingsHElizabeth Resolutes323
18731013Boston Red StockingsHBaltimore Canaries3213
18730726Philadelphia AthleticsHWashington Blue Legs3019
18740618New York MutualsHChicago White Stockings381
18760722Chicago White StockingsHLouisville Grays307
18820724Chicago White StockingsHCleveland Blues354
18830609Boston BeaneatersHDetroit Wolverines308
18830703Chicago White StockingsHBuffalo Bisons317
18910910Milwaukee BrewersHWashington Statesmen303
18930618Cincinnati RedsHLouisville Colonels3012
18970629Chicago ColtsHLouisville Colonels367

You may also notice that the Rangers are the first road team to score thirty in a game since the old Philly A's did it on June 28, 1890.

With 39 runs, the Rangers become just the fourth team to score that many in a day and the first since 1894. Only one team has done it since the founding of the National League. Here are three previous (Note: the two 1870s teams did it in one game, the two since, in a double header):

DateTeamH/AOpponentTot RTot RA
18710628Philadelphia AthleticsATroy Haymakers4933
18940821Boston BeaneatersHCincinnati Reds4311
18721005Baltimore CanariesABrooklyn Atlantics3914
Comments
2007-08-23 06:41:38
1.   Murray
We were following this closely on the Shea Stadium scoreboard, fully aware that the modern-day record is considered to be 29. As my brother noted, maybe Dave Trembley wants to re-consider. It's also a pathetic moment for the Orioles, a team I respected as a solid contender well into the 1980s and for a brief window in the late 90s. It's usually hard to identify the low point for a team, but this stands out.
2007-08-23 07:16:25
2.   williamnyy23
It's a little odd (or is it?), that home teams dominate the list above as they get one fewer turn at bat.
2007-08-23 07:22:35
3.   Mike from Hoboken
Texas left eight men on base in Game 1 last night. Shameful.
2007-08-23 07:31:13
4.   Ember Nickel
The final in the second game was 9-7, was it not?
2007-08-23 11:45:23
5.   Chyll Will
NY Daily News back page bit: "Rangers Hold Off Orioles"

Meh!!

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