The Chicago White Stockings (now the Chicago Cubs) established the record for most runs scored by a club in a single inning on September 6, 1883, against the Detroit Wolverines. The modern-day record is 17, set on June 18, 1953, by the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers. In that game, Vic Wertz of the Red Sox hit three home runs and had seven RBIs.
The most recent team to score more than six runs in an inning was the San Francisco Giants against the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 11, 2013. Matt Cain of the Giants pitched a five-hit shutout while striking out 15 batters in the Giants' 9-0 win.
In addition to the nine runs scored by the Giants in the first inning, another two scores were added in the second inning. A single by Pablo Sandoval led off the inning and was followed by two walks. After a strikeout, a double by Buster Posey brought in four runs to give the Giants a 7-0 lead over the Dodgers. That's when things got crazy in San Francisco! With two outs, Cody Bellinger hit a ball into the left-field stands but it was tracked down by a Giant fan who threw it out before it could reach the wall. Then, with the bases loaded and none out, Madison Bumgarner hit a ball toward the right field stands but it too was caught by a fan which ended the inning.
Technically, the Chicago White Stockings (now the Cubs) set the all-time Major League record with 18 runs against the long-defunct Detroit Wolverines on September 6, 1883. We shall stick to the present game, with apologies to Abner Dalrymple, King Kelly, Silver Flint, and the rest of that side.
The 29 runs scored set a National League record, and the final score of 29-9 was the first time a game concluded with that score in MLB history.
The Chicago Colts, New York Giants, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals, and 1999 Colorado Rockies all completed their achievements on the road, which means they scored in all 9 innings they batted, and are the only teams to do so.
The Colt's first game was a 4-4 tie against the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium. The score was tied after 8 innings but the Colts came back from behind to win it. The Colts' Eddie Yost was the winner of the game with an RBI single in the 9th. In their next game the Colts played the Washington Senators and lost 1-0. Yost got his second hit of the season and later scored one of the two runs allowed by starter Jim Bunning. The Colts finished their undefeated season with three more wins. After the season the Colts moved to Houston where they became the Astrodomes' new expansion team. They remained there for two seasons before moving back to Chicago where they now play in Wrigley Field.
The last game the Colts played was also their final game of the season. It was a day game against the Los Angeles Angels at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Colts were leading 3-1 in the 7th inning when they were attacked by 55,000 fans who saw them finish with a record of 100-60. The Giants scored 6 times in the 9th inning to beat the Colts 6-3.
But there is a team accomplishment, scoring in every inning, which is certainly the most rare event in baseball and probably the least recognized of baseball's anomalies. It is remarkable because of the extraordinary teamwork necessary to pull it off, yet it is underappreciated since no spectacular actions are required of any single player.
The Chicago Colts, New York Giants, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals, and 1999 Colorado Rockies all completed their achievements on the road, which means they scored in all 9 innings they batted, and are the only teams to do so.
The Chicago Colts, New York Giants, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals, and 1999 Colorado Rockies all completed their achievements on the road, which means they scored in all 9 innings they batted, and are the only teams to do so. All of the remaining teams accomplished this feat at home, which means they only scored one in all eight innings batted.
The Angels set a team record most runs scored in an inning on September 14, 1978, when they scored thirteen (13) runs in the ninth (9th) inning against the Texas Rangers. They tied their own record during the seventh (7th) inning on May 12, 1997, against the Chicago Cubs. In that game, Mike Montgomery hit a three-run home run to give the Angels a 13-3 lead before they eventually lost 16-15.
In addition to these records, there is also a single-game strikeout record associated with this event. On August 5, 1977, against the Oakland Athletics, Gary Stokes struck out fourteen (14) people in a single game. He broke his own record two years later on August 1, 1979, when he fanned fifteen (15) people in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Stokes finished with forty-two (42) strikeouts that day which is still a team record today. After appearing in only sixty-nine (69) games over four seasons, Stokes retired after the 1981 season. He currently has twenty-five (25) times where he has been voted into an All-Star Game.
In conclusion, the Angels have had several records fall throughout their history. Some of these records include: most runs scored in an inning, most home runs in an inning, and most strikeouts in a game by one player.
The most innings ever played in a single professional game is 33, which happened in 1981 in a Minor League Baseball game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, respectively, Triple-A affiliates of the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. The previous record was 32, set in 1980 in an International League game between the Durham Bulls and the Charlotte Hornets.
The longest game in Major League Baseball history lasted 11 hours, 49 minutes, including two breaks for rain outfalls. It was played on May 4, 1997, at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox 7-6 in 10 innings on David Wells' walk-off home run off Mark Buehrle after the two teams remained tied at 6-6 after eight innings. This is the longest game in MLB history by time only; it did not conclude until after 12:49 AM on May 5 due to curfew restrictions during the last half of April that season. The game was also notable for being the first ever at Fenway to go into extra innings. Previously, games had been decided by a fifth in blowout victories (or lost ones) for much of the 20th century.
In addition to time, this game exceeded the previous record for pitches thrown (1,767) by a wide margin (the White Sox averaged about nine per plate appearance).
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