Highly Unusual Team Feat #1 — Scoring 5 or More Runs in 1st Inning 3 Straight Games…
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The Detroit Tigers, sitting comfortably on top of the AL Central Division with the best record in baseball (67-32) and in front of the 2005 World Champion Chicago White Sox by 7 1/2 games hold a rare distinction, that of scoring 5 or more runs in the first inning in 3 consecutive games.
The feat hasn’t been done in 115 years. Here is a quote from the recap of the Monday, July 24, 2006 third game as well as links to the previous box scores;
With a five-run first inning, Detroit became the first team in 115 years to score at least five runs in the first at-bat of three straight games, and the Tigers held on for a 9-7 win over the Cleveland Indians.
I don’t think it’s impressive,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “I think it’s weird. It’s hard to believe that it hasn’t happened before. What is that, 115 years? That’s hard to believe.”
After learning that Detroit had matched the 1891 Browns by scoring five, six and five runs in the first, Leyland had one more question about that St. Louis squad.
“How’d they finish?” he asked, and was told second place. “I don’t like that at all.”
And here are the recaps and box scores for the previous 2 games;
July 23, 2006 Recap Box Score Detroit 8, Oakland 4
July 22, 2006 Recap Box Score Oakland 9, Detroit 5
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