A historic night for offense in MLB

July 18 was an absolutely historic night for offenses across the sport, as four separate games ended with both teams scoring at least 10 runs, tying the all-time MLB record for the most such games in a day. The other two instances of this came on July 4 and July 9 of 1894 -- a season during which the average team scored 7.38 runs per game (compared to 4.60 in 2023), and a season that was only MLB’s second one using the current mound distance of 60 feet, six inches.

The four games:

The Mets took down the White Sox, 11-10

Arizona defeated Atlanta 16-13

Royals beat the Tigers 11-10

Giants over the Reds 11-10

Outside of these four games – none of which required extra innings -- the Dodgers, Guardians, Cubs and Twins also all scored at least 10 runs, meaning that a staggering 12 teams finished the day with run totals in the double digits. This set the MLB record within the Modern Era (since 1900), via the Elias Sports Bureau, though the all-time mark is 13 teams doing so on July 4, 1894.

Full story: https://www.mlb.com/news/historic-night-offense-mlb-july-18-2023