Minor League baseball game surpasses 50 total runs

33-18. This was the score of a professional baseball game yesterday (that didn’t even involve the Rangers!). No, not a major league game, but a professional game nonetheless. Yesterday (June 28) the Lake Elsinore Storm defeated the High Desert Mavericks 33-18 in a nine-inning game that lasted more than four hours. The inning-by-inning score (screen shot courtesy of milb.com) is shown below.

A rundown of the Cal League accomplishments in this game:

Record for total runs scored in a game (51)

Record for most hits by one team in a game (32)

Longest game by time (4 hrs, 10 min)

Record for team RBI in one game (31)

Longest hitting streak (36 games, set by High Desert’s James McOwen, breaking the previous record shared by the Rangers’ Chris Davis)

Tied record for most runs scored by one player in a game (7, by Lake Elsinore’s Matt Clark)

In all, six records were either broken or tied, but believe it or not, Lake Elsinore did not set the league record for most runs by one team in a game. They were one short.

Other highlights:

Clark went 5-6, hitting two homers and driving in five runs, falling a double short of the cycle.

Seven Storm players had at least three RBI’s, and every Storm player who batted scored at least once.

High Desert was forced to give up their designated hitter when their starting catcher was inserted as a pitcher in the 9th.

Incredible.