Oh yeah, baby; feel the stats.
The most runs in a game since 1900.
The Rangers scored all their runs in four innings.
They trailed 0-3 going into the fourth.
They scored 9 in the 6th, 10 in the 8th, and 6 in the 9th.
The 8th and 9th place hitters each had 7 RBIs.
Littleton actually recorded a save in the game, going the three final innings.
Of the 29 hits, 6 were HRs and 2 were 2Bs, the rest were singles.
So much is revealed here: how much the Orioles suck this year (I didn't really need to add the qualifier, though), how little the "save" stat actually means (Lee Smith is a non-HOFer for a reason, and it's not racism), and above all the utter unpredictability of this game. Look back to the Devil Rays/Yankees series of late July, which started with a shocking 14-4 Rays whuppin' and concluded with the Yankees demolishing them 21-4. Over a 162 game schedule, things are liable to unfold with no apparent connection to logic and sense.
Some observers have joked if you didn't know better, you'd think it was a Ravens/Texans game with that score. Except the Ravens haven't let a team score 30 on them since 2005.
If you think I sound stat-happy, you didn't get to listen to Tim Kurkjian on Baseball Tonight after the game. He is ESPN's resident "who-the-hell-would-even-care-about-knowing-that?" dude re: baseball, and he sounded like he'd found the last golden ticket as he shared the obscure minutiae. "This is the most runs scored in the majors by a team since the beginning of the 20th century! A pitcher actually got a save! The Rangers left 19 men on base! Only 8 extra-base hits! There hasn't been this many runs scored by a starting lineup with as many players who have slept overnight in an Albuquerque Econolodge in baseball history!"
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