Posted By:
Bruce DorskindSunday, April 24, 2005
One day after getting blasted by owner George Steinbrenner, the Yankees blasted the Devil Rays and accomplished something they'd never done before: score 13 runs in one inning at Yankee Stadium.
In Monday's 19-8 victory over Tampa Bay, the Yankees sent 17 men to the plate in the second inning, collecting 11 hits and three bases on balls.
The 13-run inning was the biggest -- in any inning -- for the Yankees since June 21, 1945, when they scored 13 in the fifth inning of a 14-4 win at Boston. It matched the largest second inning in major-league history, and the most productive second inning in the American League since the Kansas City A's hung 13 on the White Sox on April 21, 1956.
The 11 hits in the frame are the most in a single inning by the Yankees since April 11, 1987, at Kansas City.
The Yankees' club record for runs in an inning is 14, which they accomplished on July 6, 1920, against Washington at Griffith Stadium.