August 13, 1988: Red Sox win record-setting 24th consecutive home game
The Boston Red Sox’ record-setting home winning streak in 1988…
September 17, 2022: Amed Rosario records eight hits, and a walk-off knock, in doubleheader sweep
Any fans who decided to take in both games of the Cleveland Guardians-Minnesota…
September 4, 2013: Red Sox hit team-record 8 home runs to turn showdown into rout
In a matchup of first-place clubs at Fenway Park as the 2013…
October 4, 2001: Mariners crush Rangers, 16-1, tie AL record with 114th win
Despite the Seattle Mariners having made three playoff appearances…
August 31, 2004: Indians set AL shutout record with unexpected 22-0 rout of Yankees
The Cleveland Indians were still reeling from a wretched nine-game…
September 18, 2006: Dodgers hit four consecutive home runs in 9th inning, rally to beat Padres
The 2006 version of the Los Angeles Dodgers was one of the franchise’s…
September 9, 2020: Atlanta Braves set modern-era NL record by scoring 29 runs
At least one statistical analysis has concluded that a baseball…
August 5, 1986: Jerry Mumphrey’s pinch-hit homer lifts Cubs past first-place Mets
The New York Mets arrived at Wrigley Field in August 1986 with…
April 13, 1987: Wynne, Gwynn, Kruk make homer history for Padres, but Giants win slugfest
No team has ever begun its home opener with more authority…
April 21, 1982: Braves walk off for record-setting 13th win to start a season
Heading into the 1982 season, fans of the Atlanta Braves had…
April 20, 1987: Brewers beat White Sox to run winning streak to record-tying 13 games
As they made their way down I-94 to Comiskey Park for this Monday…
May 8-9, 1984: White Sox, Brewers play for 25 innings, longest game in major-league history
George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Baseball has the great advantage…
October 10, 1999: Red Sox score postseason record 23 runs to smash Cleveland in ALDS Game 4
It was the 1999 American League Division Series, pitting the…
May 5, 1999: Rockies score at least one run in every inning in win over Cubs
Chicago’s Wrigley Field had already played host to a visiting…
September 15, 2015: Rockies, Dodgers combine for record 24 pitchers, 58 players, in 16-inning game
The longest game of the 2015 season for either the Colorado Rockies…
August 5, 2001: Cleveland overcomes 12-run deficit to beat Mariners
Perhaps the greatest story line during the 2001 season was…
September 14, 2017: Indians winning streak extends to 22 on Jay Bruce’s walk-off double
The Cleveland Indians were hot. They were on a 21-game win streak,…
May 17, 1979: Schmidt’s Phillies outslug Kingman’s Cubs, 23-22
In what could be billed as one of the wildest games in major-league…
September 14, 1987: Blue Jays hit 10 home runs to set all-time record; a Ripken streak ends
A crowd of 27,446 showed up on a cool, clear late-summer night1…
July 17, 1990: Minnesota Twins turn two triple plays, but lose to Boston
In a game played before a Fenway Park crowd of 34,113, the Minnesota…
September 24, 2011: Major League Baseball celebrates 200,000th game
Baseball records are often great fun to contemplate. They are…
August 22, 2007: Rangers set major league mark with 30-3 victory
It began as a game of no import whatever, the first of a doubleheader,…