The Diamondbacks decided to turn to a bullpen game in Game 4 of the World Series. And the Rangers quickly made them pay for turning to relief arms early.
Texas walloped Arizona in an 11-7 Game 4 victory, made to look only slightly more close by a four-run eighth inning by the Diamondbacks with the game already well out of hand. The win put Texas up 3-1 in the series, one away from its first-ever title.
The World Series is often filled with games that are close matches. These are, after all, two teams that have fought to be the final two teams left at the end of the year.
But this run-scoring output by the Rangers was an unusual sight that highlighted the depth of a ferocious lineup that just hours earlier had heard the ALCS MVP would be out for the rest of the Fall Classic.
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Most runs in a World Series game
Close, but not quite. According to Stathead, the record for the most runs in a World Series game belongs to the 1936 Yankees, which routed the Giants 18-4. Three teams are tied for second at 16, including the 2011 Cardinals beating the Rangers 16-7 in Game 3 of the World Series.
The Rangers' 11 runs were tied for the 32nd-most in World Series history.
Here's a look at the highest-scoring games in World Series history.
| Team | Opponent | Date | Game | Runs | Score |
| Yankees | Giants | Oct. 02, 1936 | 2 | 18 | 18-4 |
| Cardinals | Rangers | Oct. 22, 2011 | 3 | 16 | 16-7 |
| Giants | Angels | Oct. 24, 2002 | 5 | 16 | 16-4 |
| Yankees | Pirates | Oct. 06, 1960 | 2 | 16 | 16-3 |
| Diamondbacks | Yankees | Nov. 03, 2001 | 6 | 15 | 15-2 |
| Blue Jays | Phillies | Oct. 20, 1993 | 4 | 15 | 15-14 |
| Marlins | Indians | Oct. 21, 1997 | 3 | 14 | 14-11 |
| Phillies | Blue Jays | Oct. 20, 1993 | 4 | 14 | 14-15 |
| Braves | Twins | Oct. 24, 1991 | 5 | 14 | 14-5 |
While the Rangers might not hold the record with 11 runs scored, there are several other historic marks Texas can claim from Tuesday's win.
Home run streaks
This Rangers team does not stop hitting home runs. Only the Braves and Dodgers hit more home runs during the regular season than the Rangers' 233 — the Twins also launched 233. And Texas has kept its homer-hitting ways going in the playoffs.
According to Stathead, the Rangers have hit home runs in 15 straight playoffs, a streak extended by Seager's second-inning blast. That ranks as the third-longest home run streak in MLB playoff history, trailing only the Yankees' run of 23 straight from Oct. 4, 2019 to Oct. 19, 2022 and the Diamondbacks' streak of 17 games from Oct. 14, 2007 to Oct. 16, 2023.
Most impressive about the streak, however, is that the run by the Rangers has come all in the same postseason. Stathead tracks it as having gone now two past the previous record set by the Dodgers, who hit home runs in 13 straight games from Oct. 12, 2020 to Oct. 27, 2020.
Road wins
It's fitting that Mad Max is a Ranger, because Texas has been the ultimate Road Warrior. With Texas' win on Tuesday, the Rangers are 10-0 when playing on the road this postseason.
According to Stathead, the Rangers' 10 road wins are two more than the previous record, held jointly by the 2019 Nationals and 1996 Yankees, who both had eight road wins. Both teams went on to win the World Series.
Stathead also reported that there have only been five teams in MLB playoff history to win at least five road playoff games without losing once away from home: the 2023 Rangers (10-0), 1996 Yankees (8-0), 2005 White Sox (6-0), 2023 Astros (5-0) and 1983 Orioles (5-0).
Five-run innings
The Rangers went off in the top of the second and the top of the third that really took the air out of the Chase Field crowd. Texas scored five runs in both frames, running the score quickly up to 10-0.
Perhaps most impressively, all of the run scoring came with two outs already on the scoreboard. According to Elias Sports, that is the first time in postseason history a team has scored at least five runs in multiple innings with two outs.
And, according to ESPN Stats & Info, the Rangers are also the only team in World Series history to score at least five runs in two straight innings in a single game. That's not all. MLB.com's Sarah Langs reported Texas joined the 1936 Yankees and the 1961 Yankees as the only teams to have multiple five-run innings in the same World Series game overall, let alone back-to-back.
Team cycle
Scoring five runs in the top of the second took a little bit of everything. Josh Jung led off the frame with a double, Travis Jankowski hit a single, Marcus Semien hit a triple and Corey Seager broke it open with a home run. That all not only led to five runs, but a team cycle.
Langs reported that was just the 10th time in World Series history a team has hit for a team cycle in the same inning, with the last team to accomplish the feat having come in 1991, when the Braves did it twice in the same game. That game would be the 14-5 blowout of the Twins, which earned Atlanta a tie for the seventh-most runs scored in a World Series game.
