June 22, 2015

Sunday's 13 Extra-Base Hits: Most By Red Sox In 65 Years

According to Elias, yesterday's win over the Royals was only the fifth Red Sox game since 1914 in which Boston had 13 or more extra-base hits.

The five games:

September 24, 1940 (G1): 23 hits, including 14 extra-base hits (5 doubles, 3 triples, 6 home runs) - Beat A's 16-8

June 8, 1950: 29 hits, including 17 extra-base hits (9 doubles, 1 triple, 7 home runs (and 11 walks!)) - Beat Browns 29-4

July 29, 1990: 18 hits, including 13 extra-base hits (12 doubles, 1 home run) - Beat Tigers 13-3

June 4, 2013: 19 hits, including 13 extra-base hits (8 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs) - Beat Rangers 17-5

June 21, 2015: 16 hits, including 13 extra-base hits (8 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs) - Beat Royals 13-2

1 comment:

Benjamin said...

Hanley Ramirez's home run was the highest anyone's hit since HitTracker started collecting data in 2006.