![]() ![]() After back-to-back singles by Mitch Webster and Vance Law, Andre Dawson came up and hit a three-run home run to put the Expos up 6-2.Įight batters later, the Expos were up 10-2 and Dawson again came up with Webster and Law on base. In another crazy Wrigley Field showdown, Les Expos were leading the Cubs 3-2 after the fourth inning, and that's when Montreal-and Andre Dawson-took over. Two White Sox managed to get five hits apiece, Bob Nieman had seven RBI, and even pitcher Jack Harshman got into the act, going 3-for-5 with a home run. ![]() Minnie Minoso and Chico Carrasquel became the fifth pair of teammates to each score five runs in a game, with Carrasquel reaching base six times in seven plate appearances. In tying the then Major League record for runs scored in a game, the White Sox reached base an amazing 35 times. April 23, 1955: White Sox 29, Athletics 6 Schmidt finished the game with eight RBI.Ĩ. This game is most famous for featuring Mike Schmidt hitting four home runs, the last three of which came in the seventh, eighth, and tenth innings. Yet the Phillies scored three in the top of the 10th and held on to win the game. Nevertheless, the Phillies scored 11 runs over the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings, and the Cubs actually had to score two runs in the bottom of the ninth just to send the game to the 10th. The Cubs led this game 12-1 after three innings and 13-4 after six innings. One of those crazy days at Wrigley Field. Notice that no pitcher made it through more than two innings for the Orioles, on Kelly Gruber failed to get a hit for the Blue Jays. Ernie Whitt had three himself, and soon-to-be AL MVP George Bell had two on his way 47 that year. ![]() This game between the Blue Jays and the Orioles at old Exhibition Stadium in Toronto was emblematic of that season as Toronto hit a Major League record 10 home runs off of the O's. While we often remember 1996 as "The Year of the Home Run," 1987 was bizarrely prone to home runs and stood out as a uniquely great home run season in an otherwise ordinary period from 1978 to 1992. September 14, 1987: Blue Jays 18, Orioles 3 Stobbs, the pitcher, went 2-for-3 with four walks and three runs scored, and the Red Sox walked 11 times and struck out only twice.ġ0. Seven of nine Red Sox scored three or more runs. Bobby Doerr had three home runs and eight RBI Ted Williams and Walt Dropo each had two home runs and combined for 12 RBI Vern Stephens fell a home run shy of the cycle. The starting lineup played every inning, and starting pitcher Chuck Stobbs pitched a complete game. Nevertheless, the Red Sox never made a single substitution. Here's what's bad-ass about this game: the game was never in doubt, as the Red Sox led 8-0 after two innings, then 13-3 after three innings, then 22-3 after five innings. Honorable Mention: May 4, 1999: Rockies 13, Cubs 6Īs a total box score, this one isn't all that amazing except for one feat: the Rockies scored in every inning of this game, and coming off of a game in which they had scored in the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth innings, this gave the Rockies at least one run in 13 consecutive innings. Turns out, they're represented pretty well. So I decided to take a look at 10 of the craziest games since 1950, and see how well the Cubs are presented. That got me to thinking about crazy box scores, and how often the Chicago Cubs seem to be on the losing end of things in crazy games. On Friday night the Cubs allowed the Colorado Rockies to set a major league record for most consecutive hits on the way to allowing 12 runs in the eighth inning of a 17-2 blowout. Indeed, to see a box score in which one team had 26 hits is incredibly rare, as it has only happened 33 times since 1950.Īnd it isn't like this is the first such box score the Cubs have put up this season, or even within the last week. It's not very often that you see so many threes, fours, and fives in single box score. As a baseball fan, this was one of those box scores that you want to cut out of the newspaper and tape to your wall.
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