Texas Baseball Massacre

Rangers Blast Baltimore 30-3; Highest Run Total By MLB Team Since 1897

(CBS/AP)  The Texas Rangers had just scored an incredible 30 runs, then had to play the second game of a doubleheader.

What to do for an encore?

"Let's get 31," right fielder Nelson Cruz told his teammates. "Like, what's one more run? One more run is easy!"

Well, not really. After all, before the Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 Wednesday, it had been 110 years since a major league team scored 30 runs in a game.

"This is something freaky. You won't see anything like this again for a long, long time. I am glad I was on this end of it," said Marlon Byrd, who hit one of two Texas grand slams.

Five runs in the fourth inning.

Nine runs in the sixth.

Ten in the eighth.

Six more in the ninth.

When it was all over, the Rangers set an American League record for most runs in a game.

"It was AMAZING in capital letters," said Travis Metcalf, who hit a grand slam after being called up from Triple-A Oklahoma earlier in the day.

Metcalf also drove in four runs in the second game, a 9-7 Texas victory. Metcalf tied a Rangers record for most RBIs in a doubleheader.

[navyretired2]

30 runs wasn''t scored the entire 20th century?

Steroid dealers must not have concentrated their sales to any particular clubhouse.

[riggswb]

I suppose this can be a nice highlight to a really crappy season.

[rafterman1]

===Steroid dealers must not have concentrated their sales to any particular clubhouse.===

You don''t need steroids to suck. Hard. Good job Baltimore.

[rushlimpdrug]

Ways To Know Your Baseball Game is Gonna Go Badly:

1. Team shows up in bowling shoes;
2. Team mascot is now underdog;
3. Players continue to practice on X-box;
4. Players can''t stop spanking each others behind;
5. Before game starts pitcher comes out of the closet

[bxjohnson]

30 runs? Wow, I licked 30 chickens!

[adak4]

This is an awesome job done by the team. They inspired each other and came up winners; every one of them!

[sgtrds]

I''m just glad it wasn''t against my Tigers! Then again the Tigers are the next World Series Champions anyway, so no team could light them up like this!