The Toronto Blue Jays set a franchise runs scored vs the Boston Red Sox on Friday night- by the fifth inning!
Toronto took down Boston 28-5 at Fenway Park.
Nail-biter 😱 #NextLevel pic.twitter.com/ma8wUjssJU
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 23, 2022
FINAL: Blue Jays 28, #RedSox 5
— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 23, 2022
The Blue Jays took a 25-3 lead with two outs in the top of the fifth inning. And the 25 runs set a new Blue Jays franchise record for runs scored in a game (and also a Red Sox franchise record for runs allowed).
The @BlueJays have scored 25 runs, setting a new franchise record for runs scored in a game! pic.twitter.com/hADNkMOXx0
— MLB (@MLB) July 23, 2022
It really looked like the Blue Jays were on their way to the major-league record of runs scored in a game, which is 30. By the sixth inning, they were up to 27 runs.
Most runs in a game – MLB's modern era (1900-present):
30- Rangers (Aug 22, 2007)
29- Red Sox (June 8, 1950)
29- White Sox (Apr 23/55)
29- Braves (Sept 9, 2020)
28- Cardinals (July 6/29)
27- @BlueJays (Tonight as they lead 27-3 through 6 innings vs BOS)
27- Cleveland (July 7/23)— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) July 23, 2022
Angels runs this month: 36#BlueJays runs tonight: 27
— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) July 23, 2022
But the Toronto offense “went cold” over the final three innings, scoring just one run the rest of the way.
The Blue Jays scored runs in each of the first six innings, including 11 runs in the fourth and seven runs in the third.
Toronto had 29 hits, including multiple hits from all nine players in the starting lineup. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. led the way with six hits, tying the Blue Jays’ franchise record.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. making history tonight with 6 hits. pic.twitter.com/liHWhP7FaB
— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) July 23, 2022
Raimel Tapia drove in a game-high six runs, and four of those came on a hilarious inside-the-park grand slam (the first in MLB since 2017).
Not a single Red Sox pitcher went at least three innings. Starter Nathan Eovaldi allowed nine earned runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched, which took his ERA from 3.34 to 4.30. Relief pitcher Kaleb Ort allowed eight earned runs over 2/3 innings pitched.
The wacky stats and factoids were all over the place with this game.
Here are some more tweets about the Blue Jays’ 23-run victory in Boston:
Most lopsided road wins in MLB modern era (1900-):
+27- TEX (30-3 on 8/22/2007 at BAL)
+23- @BlueJays (28-5 tonight @ BOS)
+23- NYY (25-2 on 5/24/1936 @ the Philadelphia Athletics)
+23- CLE (26-3 on 8/12/48 @ the St. Louis Browns)
+23- CHW (29-6 on 4/23/55 @ the Kansas City A's) pic.twitter.com/j4RjpNLQAZ— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) July 23, 2022
I’m at the @RedSox @BlueJays game.
Between innings, a guy proposed to his girlfriend, she said yes, and the stadium dj played, “We Fell in Love in a Hopeless Place.”— Marc Evan Jackson (@MarcEvanJackson) July 23, 2022
The Red Sox have a -47 run differential over their last 3 games, the worst over a 3-game span in the Modern Era (since 1900).
It's the 4th-worst run differential in MLB history and worst since the Louisville Colonels in 1894. pic.twitter.com/xV7JEwMU8w
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 23, 2022
The Blue Jays have a franchise-record 25 runs in the fifth inning 👀
It's the most runs any team has scored in a single game this season 😳 pic.twitter.com/fYmFK1Enxj
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 23, 2022
Most runs allowed in 3-game span, since at least 1901:
1950 Browns: 56
2022 Red Sox: 55*
1999 Cubs: 54
1950 Browns: 54 (overlapping with above span)
1936 A's: 52* as of now (last 3 games)
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) July 23, 2022
Boston is three runs from having Toronto right where it wants….. pic.twitter.com/dSGKiyfyB6
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 23, 2022
The Blue Jays’ manager tonight pic.twitter.com/CJB1Fmx7eN
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) July 23, 2022
It was really nice of Roger Goodell to let the Blue Jays play the Bears.
— Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) July 23, 2022
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