BTB Big Days In The Bronx
The Yankees scored 21 runs today - after scoring 17 the day before. When was the last time that a team scored 17+ runs for two games in a row? Thanks to the Baseball-Reference PI, Team Batting Streak Finder, we know the answer:
Team StreakStart Streak End Games W L AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Opponents+-------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ TEX 2002-07-31 2002-08-01 2 2 0 86 36 41 9 0 10 36 8 8 0 1 .477 .526 .930 1.456 NYY,BOS SEA 2000-04-15 2000-04-16 2 2 0 91 36 38 9 1 8 34 13 13 1 1 .418 .500 .802 1.302 TOR
Texas did it against the Yankees and Boston in 2002. Seattle did it at Toronto for two games in 2000.
So, with the Yankees doing it to the Devil Rays on back-to-back days in the Bronx, we have something that’s not been done in at least the last 50 years: A team scoring 17+ runs, against the same team, for two days in a row at home.
How about some non-Yankees posts?
Comment by Andy — July 22, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
You mean there’s a world outside the Yankees?
Actually, most of mine will have a Yankees-slant…maybe in the off-season there will be more “general” type stuff.
Comment by Steve Lombardi — July 23, 2007 @ 7:45 am
Yeah, but there were 75 runs scored in that series — what’s the record for the most runs scored in a single regular-season series, eh?
Comment by A Big Fat Slob — July 23, 2007 @ 1:20 pm