ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Angles-Colorado Rockies game was the talk of the Internet Saturday night, as the Angels shot out to a massive lead and never looked back.
A monstrous 13-run third inning broke the game wide open, and after an eight-run fourth inning, the Angels found themselves up 23-0 (they scored two runs in the second inning). You start to think ... what is the most runs ever scored in an MLB game?
True to form, the answer is the ball club that's lighting up the score sheet this season: the Texas Rangers (from 1900 onward). Texas scored 30 runs in a win over the Baltimore Orioles in August 2007.
The Rangers were scoreless through the first three innings of that game, but scored five in the fourth, nine in the sixth, 10 in the eighth and another six in the ninth.
The Rangers went 18-for-25 (.720) with runners in scoring position in the game.
Texas also scored 26 runs against Baltimore in April of 1996.
Here are the other 25-plus runs in a game since 1900:
- Rangers, 30 -- at Orioles (3) on Aug. 22, 2007
- Braves, 29 -- vs. Marlins (9) on Sept. 9, 2020
- White Sox, 29 -- at Kansas City A's (6) on April 23, 1955
- Red Sox, 29 -- vs. St. Louis Browns (4) on June 8, 1950
- Blue Jays, 28 -- at Red Sox (5) on July 22, 2022
- Cardinals, 28 -- at Phillies (6) on July 6, 1929
- Indians, 27 -- vs. Red Sox (3) on July 7, 1923
- Rangers, 26 -- vs. Orioles (7) on April 19, 1996
- Cubs, 26 -- at Rockies (7) on Aug. 18, 1995
- Phillies, 26 -- vs. Mets (7) on June 11, 1985
- Indians, 26 -- at St. Louis Browns (3) on Aug. 12, 1948
- New York Giants, 26 -- vs. Brooklyn Dodgers (8) on April 30, 1944
- Cubs, 26 -- vs. Phillies (23) on Aug. 25, 1922
- Reds, 26 -- vs. Boston Rustlers (3) on June 4, 1911
- Red Sox, 25 -- vs. Marlins (8) on June 27, 2003
- Yankees, 25 -- at Philadelphia A's (2) on May 24, 1936
- Indians, 25 -- vs. Philadelphia A's (7) on May 11, 1930
- Brooklyn Superbas, 25 -- at Reds (6) on Sept. 23, 1901
- New York Giants, 25 -- at Reds (13) on June 9, 1901
The Angels scored 25 runs before Colorado answered. In the bottom of the 8th inning, the Rockies hit a single run home run. The Angels won the game, 25-1, and the Rangers record stayed intact.
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