I watched my beloved Twins bludgeon the White Sox for 18 runs last night and it got me thinking about teams scoring double-digit runs.
For instance, this season the Twins rank fourth among all MLB teams in games with double-digit runs scored with 13, yet they rank just 13th in overall runs per game. Minnesota is 13-0 when scoring double-digit runs, but in all other games the Twins are 43-80 while averaging 3.6 runs per game.
Via the indispensable Baseball-Reference play index, here are the MLB leaders in double-digit run games:
Rangers 18
Red Sox 15
Cardinals 14
Twins 13
Angels 12
Texas leads baseball with 18 double-digit run games and the Rangers are 18-0 in those games. Boston ranks second with 15 such games ... and the Red Sox have lost twice while scoring double-digit runs. At the other end of the spectrum the Royals have the fewest double-digit run games with two, followed by the Marlins and Padres with three.
And overall this season teams that score 10 or more runs in a game are 229-11.