The New York Mets accomplished something as a team Monday night that is more rare than a perfect game, a four-homer game, and even the unassisted triple play.
Monday night’s 10-run outburst in the 12th inning of their 16-7 win over the Nationals put the Mets in the history books: they became the first time since 1983 to score double-digit runs in a single extra inning – something made easier with the addition of the automatic runner at second base – and only the seventh team all-time to do it.
It’s crazy, man,” manager Carlos Mendoza told MLB.com. “Every day, you see something new in baseball. We’re seeing a lot right now. But I’m glad that we’re coming on the good side of the story.”
The Texas Rangers scored 12 runs in the 15th inning of a game on July 3, 1983, making them both the last team to do it before the Mets and also the team that has scored the most runs in a single extra inning. Two of the other five occurrences were before 1900 and another came in 1919, so this has happened just seven times ever but only four in the last 100 years.
