Anaheim went 36 straight innings without scoring a run. Oakland was responsible for most of it, shutting out the Angels in a three-game series with Butch Brede, Mitch Moreno, and Paul Christenson each picking up wins for the A's.
The Chicago White Sox had 29 scoreless innings in a row earlier this year at the hands of Tampa Bay.
108,202 runs have been scored in 4 seasons, or 5.22 per team per game. Oakland has been the top scoring team with 7.10 per game, with Washington at the bottom at 4.12. In runs against, the Mets are best at 3.82, while Vancouver is giving up 7.59.
None of the 12 playoff teams in S4 are in the postseason for the first time. In fact, only 21 of the GAPs 32 teams have been to the postseason. Of the teams who haven't made it, San Diego (89-73) appears to be the closest to breaking through, along with the Chicago Cubs (86-76) and Baltimore (81-81). Meanwhile Washington (105 losses), Philadelphia (105), Arizona (104), Vancouver (100), and Cincinnati (100) all appear to be on the outside for the near future.
The White Sox not only became the first team in GAP history to qualify for the playoffs with more runs allowed than scored, they did so with a 54 run difference (789 RS, 843 RA).
Tied for the AL North title: Chicago, with a 32-19 record in one-run games; and Boston, with a 17-27 record in them. Boston had the tiebreak, however.
Some crazy games:
Cincinnati 18, Washington DC 15 (13 innings) http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=4483313
Reds rally from 7 runs down in the 9th, scoring 8 in the top half, but the Sens force extras. Reds take a 2-run lead in the 12th but battle back again. Finally a 4-spot in the 13th holds up, despite Washington getting the winning run to the plate in the bottom half. 44 men played in the game--Cincinnati used 10 pitchers and 14 position players.
Anaheim 12, Baltimore 10 (15 innings)
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Baltimore trailed 9-4 after 7 but scored 2 in the 8th and a three-run HR in the 9th from light-hitting 9-hole hitter SS Geraldo Cedeno (7 HR this year in 529 AB). RP Hal Dougherty kept shutting down the Angels, entering in the 5th inning and not allowing a run until he was pulled after the 13th. The Orioles finally pushed one across in the top half of the 15th, but closer Luis Lopez gave up a walk-off three-run jack to Eli Fernandez to lose the heartbreaker.
Baltimore 12, Anaheim 10
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Just 9 games later, these teams met again and reversed the score this time. Anaheim fell behind 10-3 after 7 but put up 5 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th. That would've been enough to tie but they allowed two Oriole runs in the bottom half of the 8th including the 6th Baltimore HR of the game.
Chicago (AL) 12, Boston 11
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Here's one that looms large now, with these two tied for the AL North title. On opening day, Boston blew an 11-7 lead after 7 innings to the White Sox. A ground-rule double in the 8th made the score 11-9. RP Gabe Duncan came in with one out in the bottom of the 9th, despite his 0% fatigue (on opening day!) and promptly gave up a single, followed by an Edwin Casey game-tying HR. Rex Andrews relieved Duncan but Andres Piedra crushed the second pitch from Andrews over the 375-foot mark in LCF for the walk-off win.
Oakland 10, Kansas City 9 (11 innings)
http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=4934693
Kansas City 14, Houston 10
http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=4677603
St. Louis 12, Florida 11
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Chicago (NL) 13, Milwaukee 12
http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=4888049
Cincinnati 12, San Diego 10 (10 innings)
http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=4793744
Cincinnati 12, San Francisco 10
http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=4980790
Cleveland 10, New York (AL) 9 (10 innings)
http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/Boxscore.aspx?gid=4862818
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