![]() That said, they have as good a chance to score 900 runs as any team since 2019, when three teams got there in the Year of the Home Run. Scoring that many runs is really, really hard, and I would bet the under on the Rangers getting there. It's only happened three times in history and only once in the last 85 years. ![]() Will the Rangers continue on a 1,000-run pace? Almost certainly not. Texas is on pace to score 1,043 runs this season, which would make them only the fourth 1,000-run offense in history. The 1998 Yankees scored 381 runs in their first 59 games - they had an expansion team in their division, remember - and before them, the last team to hit that marker was the 1950 Red Sox (409). ![]() The last team to score 380 runs through their first 59 games before this year's Rangers was Cleveland in 1999, when they scored 392 runs through 59 games. I think it just comes down to trusting the guy in front of you or behind you to put together good at-bats." "So I think guys are going up there with a good approach and swinging at pitches that they can do damage on and not chasing, and guys have taken our walks and it leads to big innings. You can go out there and put up a good at-bat, and even if you don't get the job done, you have confidence in the guy behind you're gonna get the job done," catcher Jonah Heim told MLB.com recently. "I think it just comes down to trusting in the guy behind you. 377/.384/.554 with runners in scoring position. The Rangers are hitting an incredible.They've had a lead of at least 10 runs in 11 different games.No other team has done it more than eight times. The Rangers have scored 10-plus runs 18 times this year.Texas also leads baseball in on-base percentage (.345) and is third in slugging percentage (.460).The Rangers are averaging 6.44 runs per game, easily the most in baseball.The offense has been out of this world good, however. They spent a lot - A LOT - on this pitching this past offseason and they entered play Tuesday ranked third in ERA (3.62) and third in pitching WAR (8.3), so the run prevention has certainly been great. The way the Rangers are dominating is perhaps unexpected.
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