Rangers’ 30 runs sets AL record in rout of Oriole
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Texas Rangers rounded the bases at a dizzying pace, touching the plate so often it became almost embarrassing to make an out. The Rangers became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record Wednesday in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Trailing 3-0 in the opener of a doubleheader, Texas scored five runs in the fourth inning, nine in the sixth, 10 in the eighth and six in the ninth. It was the ninth time a major league team scored 30 runs, the first since the Chicago Colts set the major league mark in a 36-7 rout of Louisville in a National League game on June 28, 1897, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Ah, the irony of it all. On the same day when Baltimore manager Dave Trembley is gifted with a contract extension, his Orioles managed to mail it in. How else do you explain giving up 30 runs in a single game…and the first game of a doubleheader at that (Baltimore went on to lose the nightcap 9-7)?
Yes, a Major League Baseball team scored 30 runs in a nine-inning game. For some teams (et tu, Houston??), 30 runs represents 10 days worth of work. Texas managed to do that in the first game of a doubleheader. Ouch…. Even more impressive, Baltimore didn’t run a position player out to the mound as a sacrificial lamb, the way so many teams would in a blow out. No, Texas hung 30 on Baltimore’s starter, Daniel Cabrera (who, comparatively speaking, pitched reasonably well) and their bullpen, professional pitchers all. Man, talk about a bad day at the office, eh??
Get a roll of stamps and mail it in….
