| Go to Game | September 23, 2023 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Cincinnati Reds |
-13-12 | The Pirates were trailing by 9 runs after three innings but came back to score 13 runs to win 13-12 over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark. It was the biggest comeback in Pirates history. |
| Go to Game | May 27, 2018 | Houston Astros | Cleveland Indians |
-9-10 | Astros versus Indians. Astros have an 8-3 lead in the ninth. The Indians score 5 runs in the ninth to tie the game. Then, after the Astros score a run in the top of the 13th, the Indians tie it again. Cleveland wins it in the 14th on Greg Allen's walk-off home run. |
| Go to Game | June 2, 2016 | Seattle Mariners | San Diego Padres |
-16-13 | The Mariners are down by 10 runs in the 5th inning and score 5 in the 6th and 9 in the 7th to win, 16-13. This is the highest scoring game in the history of Petco Park. |
| Go to Game | May 8, 2012 | Texas Rangers | Baltimore Orioles |
-10-3 | Josh Hamilton hits 4 home runs and a double, while driving in 8 runs. He sets an American League record for 18 total bases. The Rangers beat the Orioles 10-3, as the Rangers collect 15 hits in all. |
| Go to Game | August 22, 2007 | Texas Rangers | Baltimore Orioles |
-30-3 | The Rangers become the first team in more than 110 years to score 30 runs in a game. They do it against the Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader, getting 29 hits in the game. They win the game 30 to 3. They score 9 runs in the nightcap, winning 9 to 7. The 30 runs in a single game and the 39 runs in the doubleheader set an AL record. |
| Go to Game | July 22, 2006 | Baltimore Orioles | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
-12-13 | The Devil Rays score 10 times in the 5th inning and Baltimore comes back with 9 runs of their own in the 7th inning. Baltimore has 22 hits in 41 at bats,but still lose, 13-12. Of their 22 hits, 18 are singles and 4 are doubles. Corey Patterson has 5 of the hits. The Devil Rays have 17 hits in 40 at bats. |
| Go to Game | July 2, 2002 | Detroit Tigers | Chicago White Sox |
-9-17 | White Sox and Tigers combine for 12 home runs, tying their own record set on May 28, 1995 (see above) for most home runs for two teams in a game. Magglio Ordonez hits 2 home runs, including a grand slam. |
| Go to Game | May 23, 2002 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Milwaukee Brewers |
-16-3 | Shawn Green, playing for the Dodgers, has perhaps the greatest offensive game in ML history, going 6 for 6 with 4 HRs, a double, and a single. He has 7 RBI's and a ML record 19 total bases, while scoring 6 times, which ties a record. He hits a 5th HR the following game to tie 2-game HR record. He hits 2 more the next day to break the 3-game record of 7, and ends the week with 9 HR's, having hit 2 two days earlier. |
| Go to Game | May 2, 2002 | Seattle Mariners | Chicago White Sox |
-15-4 | Aaron Boone and Mike Cameron hit back-to-back home runs twice for the Mariners in the top of the first inning in a game against the White Sox. See Inning Here |
| Go to Game | April 23, 1999 | St. Louis Cardinals | Los Angeles Dodgers |
-12-5 | The Cardinals' Fernando Tatis sets a major league record by hitting 2 grand slams in a single inning, as well as a record for most RBI's in an inning with 8. The feat was accomplished in St. Louis' 11 run 3rd inning. See Inning |
| Go to Game | May 28, 1995 | Chicago White Sox | Detroit Tigers |
-14-12 | Tigers and White Sox combine to hit 12 home runs to set a major league record (since tied by the same two teams - see July 2, 2002 below). The White Sox win, 14-12. 8 players hit home runs. |
| Go to Game | September 7, 1993 | St. Louis Cardinals | Cincinnati Reds |
-15-2 | Cardinals' Mark Whiten ties the major-league record for RBIs in a game and doubleheader with 12 and 13 respectively, in St. Louis' 15-2 win over the Reds in the 2nd game of a doubleheader. Whiten hits a record-tying 4 home runs‚ including a grand slam. |
| Go to Game | August 28, 1992 | Milwaukee Brewers | Toronto Blue Jays |
-22-2 | The Brewers get the most hits in a game in 91 years and set an AL record with 31 hits, as they beat the Blue Jays 22-2 at the Skydome. The Jays also set another AL record with 26 singles. |
| Go to Game | July 17, 1990 | Minnesota Twins | Boston Red Sox |
-0-1 | On this day, the Minnesota Twins turned 2 triple plays against the Boston Red Sox. They accomplished this feat in the bottom of the 4th and bottom of the 8th. This is the only time one team has pulled off 2 triple plays in the same game. |
| Go to Game | August 3, 1989 | Houston Astros | Cincinnati Reds |
-2-18 | Reds score 14 runs on 16 hits in the first inning against Astros. The Reds win the game 18-2. See Inning |
| Go to Game | September 14, 1987 | Baltimore Orioles | Toronto Blue Jays |
-3-18 | The Blue Jays hit a major league record 10 home runs in one game against The Orioles. |
| Go to Game | April 29, 1986 | Seattle Mariners | Boston Red Sox |
-1-3 | Roger Clemens sets a new major league record by striking out 20 batters in 9 innings. He gives up just 3 hits, without a walk. He has 8 consecutive strikeouts at one point in the game, and strikes out the side in the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 9th innings. The Red Sox win, 3 to 1. |
| Go to Game | July 4, 1985 | New York Mets | Atlanta Braves |
-16-13 | The game takes 6 hours, 10 minutes to play. The lead seasaws back and forth multiple times. It takes the Mets 19 innings to beat the Braves on July 4th in Atlanta. Relief pitcher Rick Camp, a .074 lifetime hitter, hits his first major league HR in bottom of 18th, with 2 outs and 2 strikes to tie the game. The game finally ends at 3:55 AM, the latest finish in ML history, on July 5th, after the Mets score 5 runs in the 19th inning and the Braves can only respond with 2. Final: 16 to 13 |
| Go to Game | September 30, 1984 | Detroit Tigers | New York Yankees |
-2-9 | Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield battle for the batting crown right to the last day of
the season. Mattingly had the lead by percentage points most of the way for the last week.
However, on September 28th, Winfield captured the lead, and on September 29th he led
by .341 to .339. On September 30th, Mattingly goes 4 for 5 and Winfield goes 1 for 4, and Mattingly wins the crown. Final stats: Mattingly.343, Winfield .340. |
| Go to Game | May 8, 1984 | Milwaukee Brewers | Chicago White Sox |
-6-7 | The longest game ever played, 8 hours, 6 minutes, over 2 days. The game is suspended after 17 innings and continued the next day. Then each team scores 3 runs in the 17th inning. Harold Baines hits a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 25th inning, as Chicago wins, 7-6. Rudy Law, Carlton Fisk, Julio Cruz and Cecil Cooper tie the ML mark of 11 at-bats in one game. Fisk catches all 25 innings, a ML record. There were 44 players, 198 batters faced, and 43 hits in the game. |
| Go to Game | April 13, 1984 | Philadelphia Phillies | Montreal Expos |
-1-5 | While playing for the Expos, Pete Rose collects his 4,000th hit with a double off Philadelphia's Jerry Koosman in the bottom of the 4th inning. He joins Ty Cobb as the only other player to
reach 4,000 hits. Rose ends up with 4,256 hits in his career, making him the all-time ML career leader. See 4000th hit |
| Go to Game | May 17, 1979 | Philadelphia Phillies | Chicago Cubs |
-23-22 | Phillies are leading 21 to 9 after 4 1/2 innings and the Cubs force it into extra innings. |
| Go to Game | May 17, 1979 | Philadelphia Phillies | Chicago Cubs |
-23-22 | Cubs and Phillies combine for 11 home runs. At the time, this ties a ML record in total homers in a game. For the Cubs, Dave Kingman has 3 home runs and 6 RBI's. Phils win the game 23-22. This single game home run record is later broken twice by the White Sox and Tigers (see below for games). |
| Go to Game | October 2, 1978 | New York Yankees | Boston Red Sox |
-5-4 | Yankees and Red Sox are tied at the end of the regular season and meet for this dramatic 1 game playoff for the AL East Title. Bucky Dent hits a 3-run home run off Mike Torrez in the top of the 7th inning, and Ron Guidry wins his 25th game of the year, against only 3 losses. Rich Gossage gets the save as he gets Carl Yastrzemski to pop out with 2 on and 2 out in the 9th. See HR |
| Go to Game | September 16, 1975 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Chicago Cubs |
-22-0 | Rennie Stennet has 7 hits in this game, the only time in modern day baseball that a player has 7 hits in a 9 inning game. The Pirates collect 24 total hits and win the game, 22-0, over the Cubs. |
| Go to Game | September 11, 1974 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Mets |
-4-3 | This game, played at Shea Stadium, takes 7 hours 4 minutes‚ and 25 innings, to complete. The game is tied, 3-3 after 9 innings. No run is scored until the top of the 25th, when two Mets' errors lead to the Cardinals' winning run. The Mets have 103 plate appearances‚ the Cards 99. A record 175 official at-bats are recorded. 6 batters in the game have 10 at bats, one batter has 11. |
| Go to Game | April 8, 1974 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Atlanta Braves |
-4-7 | Hank Aaron hits home run #715, thereby passing Babe Ruth's long-standing career home run record. He hits it in the bottom of the 4th inning, at home in Atlanta, off Dodger pitcher Al Downing. Aaron ends his illustrious career with 755 home runs. See Home Run |
| Go to Game | April 22, 1970 | San Diego Padres | New York Mets |
-1-2 | Tom Seaver strikes out 10 consecutive batters in a game against the Padres. He begins the streak with the final out in the top of the 6th inning. Here It Is |
| Go to Game | September 18, 1968 | St. Louis Cardinals | San Francisco Giants |
-2-0 | This is the 2nd consecutive no-hitter in Candiestick Park. Ray Washburn of the Cardinals does it . He downs the Giants 2-0 after Gaylord Perry no-hits the Cardinals the day before (see just above for that game). |
| Go to Game | September 17, 1968 | St. Louis Cardinals | San Francisco Giants |
-0-1 | 2 consecutive no-hitters are pitched at Candlestick Park, the first time this has happened in one park. Gaylord Perry of the Giants pitches the first one on September 17th. He outlasts Bob Gibson of the Cardinals, who gives up just 1 run. Ray Washburn then does the same to the Giants on behalf of the Cardinals the next day (see just below). |
| Go to Game | September 1, 1967 | San Francisco Giants | Cincinnati Reds |
-1-0 | The Giants beat the Reds, 1 to 0, in 21 innings. Gaylord Perry, for the Giants, pitches 16 shutout innings. The run is scored on a bases-loaded walk to Dick Groat in the top of the 21st. Jim Ray Hart scores the winning run. See Winning Run |
| Go to Game | July 3, 1966 | Atlanta Braves | San Francisco Giants |
-17-3 | Braves' pitcher Tony Cloninger hits 2 grand slams and drives in 9 runs‚ as the Braves beat the Giants 17-3. He is the first National League player to hit 2 grand slams in a game‚ and the first pitcher ever. His 9 RBIs are a ML record for pitchers. |
| Go to Game | May 31, 1964 | San Francisco Giants | New York Mets |
-8-6 | At New York‚ the Mets and Giants meet in a Memorial Day doubleheader before 57,037 fans. After Juan Marichal's 5-3 first-game win‚ San Francisco holds a 6-1 lead in the 2nd game until New York scores 5 runs to tie the game in the 7th. With 2 outs in the 23rd inning‚ Giants' pinch hitter Del Crandall delivers the winning run on a double. The game lasts 7 hours and 23 minutes, a NL record. The doubleheader starts at 1 p.m. and ends at 11:25 p.m. |
| Go to Game | September 12, 1962 | Washington Senators | Baltimore Orioles |
-2-1 | Washington's Tom Cheney strikes out a record 21 batters in 16 innings. Bud Zipfel hits a home run in the top of the 16th inning to give the Senators a 2-1 win.
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| Go to Game | June 18, 1961 | Washington Senators | Boston Red Sox |
-12-13 | Red Sox are down, 12 to 5, 2 outs, last of the 9th inning. They rally and score 8 runs, highlighted by Jim Pagliaroni's grand slam home run, and win 13 to 12. Rally begins here |
| Go to Game | September 28, 1960 | Baltimore Orioles | Boston Red Sox |
-4-5 | Before just 10,454 fans,in his last plate appearance ever at Fenway Park, and as it turns out, his last at-bat anywhere, Ted Williams, aka "The Splendid Splinter", hits a home run. It's in the 8th inning, and Jack Fisher is on the mound for Baltimore. Williams hits the 3rd pitch for the 521st HR of his career, 3rd only to Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx at the time. See HR |
| Go to Game | June 10, 1959 | Cleveland Indians | Baltimore Orioles |
-11-8 | Rocky Colavito hits 4 home runs and drives in 6 runs, as the Indians beat the Orioles in Baltimore, 11 to 8. He hits the homers in 4 consecutive at bats, in the 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 9th innings. He walks in his only other at-bat, in the 1st inning. Billy Martin and Minnie Minoso also homer for Cleveland. |
| Go to Game | May 26, 1959 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Milwaukee Braves |
-0-1 | In perhaps the greatest game ever pitched, Pittsburgh's Harvey Haddix pitches a perfect game into the 13th inning. However, in the bottom of the 13th, Pittsburgh's Don Hoak throws the ball away on a ground ball by Felix Mantilla. Eddie Mathews bunts Mantilla to 2nd. Henry Aaron is walked intentionally. Adcock then hits what appears to be a HR, but is called a double because Adcock passes Aaron on the basepaths and both are out. Perfect game is lost and Braves win, 1-0. |
| Go to Game | April 22, 1959 | Chicago White Sox | Kansas City Athletics |
-20-6 | The inning where the White Sox scored 11 runs with only one hit. |
| Go to Game | June 18, 1953 | Detroit Tigers | Boston Red Sox |
-3-23 | Red Sox score 17 runs in the 7th inning. Win game 23-3 over Tigers. The Red Sox send 23 men to the plate in the 7th‚ getting 14 hits. Sammy White scores 3 runs in the inning, a modern major league record. See Inning |
| Go to Game | October 3, 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | New York Giants |
-4-5 | Bobby Thomson's "Shot-Heard 'Round-the-World" game. The Giants had come from 13 1/2 back to force a 3-game playoff with the Dodgers. The teams split the first 2 games. It's NY's Maglie against Brooklyn's Newcombe for all the marbles at the Polo Grounds. The Dodgers score 3 runs in the 8th to take a 4-1 lead. In the 9th, with runners on 2nd and 3rd,1 out, and the score 4-2, Thomson comes up to face Ralph Branca,in on relief. The rest is history.See HR |
| Go to Game | July 13, 1951 | Boston Red Sox | Chicago White Sox |
-4-5 | After going 17 innings in the 2nd game of a doubleheader yesterday, the two teams play another 19 innings today. Mickey McDermott pitches the first 17 innings for Boston, but Chicago wins the game, 5-4. The Red Sox score twice in the top of the 19th, but the White Sox score 3, 2 on a pinch single by Ed Stewart, to win. Red Sox 3rd baseman Vern Stephens plays the entire game without a putout. |
| Go to Game | October 1, 1950 | Philadelphia Phillies | Brooklyn Dodgers |
-4-1 | The Dodgers are 1 game behind the Phils as they begin this game, the last of the year. Phillies' Robin Roberts and Dodger's Don Newcombe have each gone all the way. In the top of the 10th, in a 1-1 tie, Dick Sisler hits a 3-run HR to give the Phils the lead, and the pennant belongs to the "Whiz Kids" after Brooklyn goes down in order in their half of the inning. See HR |
| Go to Game | June 8, 1950 | St. Louis Browns | Boston Red Sox |
-4-29 | In one of the most lopsided scores in major league history, and after beating the Browns 20-4 the day before, the Red Sox beat the Browns at Fenway Park 29-4. Bobby Doerr has 3 home runs and 8 RBI's. Walt Dropo and Ted Williams have 2 homers each. Al Zarilla has 4 doubles. The Red Sox have 28 hits and total 51 hits over the 2 days. |
| Go to Game | June 24, 1949 | St. Louis Browns | Boston Red Sox |
-2-21 | The Red Sox collect 25 hits against the
last place Browns, winning 21-2. Ted Williams drives in 7 runs on 3 hits‚ including 2 home runs. Williams scores 4 times and adds a stolen base, his only one of the year (he only had 24 in his 19 year career). |
