How about them Red Sox?

[kiya]

New major league record for runs scored before the first out is made in the first inning - ten.

Addendum: teinedreugan hasn't been paying close attention 'cause he's playing Kohan with keshwyn. He just looked over and asked what inning it was. After I pointed out it's still the first, he said, ". . . when do they end the game on account of runs scored?" I answered, "Little League."

Addendidum: Team record set for runs in the first: 14. Edit: This ties the AL record. NL record is 15. This also ties the team second-best "runs in a single inning"; record is 17. Damon ties(?) the record for hits in an inning: 3. The only other player with three hits in an inning was also playing for Boston.

Addendiddlidum: club record-tying 28 hits through eight; playing the bottom of the ninth unlikely. Also a fair amount of chaos. . . .

Comments

[brooksmoses]

Wow. That's fairly impressive, yes. Any idea what the record is for total runs in the first inning?

[kiya]

Don't know about the ML record, but as of five minutes ago the Sox team record is 14. ;)

[keshwyn]

As I listen and root for Damon for three hits in an inning...and he does it. :)

I am in fact paying attention - I have the radio going as I play and I keep being amazed by all this.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I /believe/ they also tied and/or broke the record for most runs before the first out, too.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can read. Nice how you said that /at the beginning of your post/.

blather and digression

[redbird]

For some reason this reminds me of noting, in an article about the recent six-pitcher no-hitter, that one of the pitchers had become the 40-somethingth player to strike out four players in the same inning. And left me wondering, in an idle not-doing-the-research way, if any pitcher had done that twice.

Re: blather and digression

[kiya]

I'll do the research, then. ;)

Looks like Chuck Finley has done it three times.

Re: blather and digression

[meranthi.livejournal.com]

*blink* How do you strike out 4 players in one inning??

Re: blather and digression

[kiya]

For a strikeout to be counted, the batter has to miss three good pitches.

For the out to be recorded, the catcher has to field that last good pitch. If he drops it or it gets past him, the K still counts, but the batter has the opportunity to steal first.

If he gets to first without being tagged or without the ball getting there, he's not out; he "struck out and reached base on a dropped third strike".

This happens particularly with knuckleballers like Tim Wakefield; the knuckleball is hard to hit, but it's also hard to field (the traditional answer to "How do you catch a knuckleball?" is "Wait until it stops rolling and pick it up", first spoken by Bob Uecker of the 70s Yankees and re-quoted by Varitek a few years back).

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

I just looked up the box score. (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=230627102) 25 to 8. Holy moly!

I hope Olsen (the Florida pitcher who got hit in the head) is going to be OK.

Says here:

"The Boston Red Sox scored 10 runs tonight before an out was recorded, which sets a major league record. The previous record was nine runs by the Philadelphia Phillies against the New York Giants on August 13, 1948." I knew I didn't remember such a thing. It happened before I was born. Continuing: "Boston's Johnny Damon tied a major league record with three hits in an inning. It is only the second time in major league history that a player has accomplished the feat. Boston's Gene Stevens was the first player to achieve the milestone versus Detroit on June 18, 1953." A couple of years before I knew what baseball was, besides a toy of my brother's.

This is why I love baseball. (1) Anything can happen. (2) It often does. And (3) they keep records and statistics about it.

I think I am jealous of all you Red Sox fans who actually got to see your guys do this.

[kiya]

The last report I heard was that he was in good condition at Beth Israel Hospital and the injury was classed as a minor one. I think they're probably keeping him there for observation.

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

I tuned in right after the pitcher was hit. I've *never* heard the radio announcers so depressed! And then when Ortiz got hit they were besides themselves. They kept telling the players to just get the game over with. It was kind of sad.

[suzanne.livejournal.com]

First, and last, time I saw an inning like that it was my little brother's little-league team. A slaughter-rule was called after the first inning, something like 30-0. (and yes, his team won.)

suzi