![]() ![]() Philadelphia Athletics, Trailed 13-2 (Bottom 6), Won 14-13 Cleveland, Trailed 12-1 (Bottom 4), Won 15-14 Louis Cardinals at New York Giants, Trailed 11-0 (Top 5), Won 14-12 April 17, 1976: Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs, Trailed 13-2 (Top 5), Won 18-16 (10). ![]() Louis Cardinals, Trailed 11-0 (Bottom 4), Won 15-12 The Georgia Peach went 5 for 6 with five RBIs and three runs in the 28th game of his career-long 40-game hitting streak. Sam Crawford followed with a double over the center fielder to bring in Cobb from second. In the final at-bat, Cobb reached on an infield single, with an ill-advised throw to the first baseman getting away to allow Davy Jones and Donie Bush to score and knot the game at 15. The home team kept hitting, though, scoring five times in the eighth and three in the ninth. The Tigers scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and three in the sixth before the White Sox tried to right themselves with two in the seventh to lead 15-8. It helped that the first team to do so had Ty Cobb. That the Tigers secured the majors’ second-most comeback wins (42) in 1911 is noteworthy, but it still barely explains the unlikeliness of a team overcoming a 13-1 deficit for a win. ![]() 12 Runs: Detroit Tigers 16, Chicago White Sox 15 (June 18, 1911) Jimmy Dykes got the crooked number going by lacing a three-run triple with one out and nine of the next 10 batters reached safely with small ball – seven singles and two walks – before Al Simmons unloaded on a three-run home run to left off Cleveland reliever George Uhle, reversing the Athletics’ 15-14 deficit. They scored once that inning, then 13 times in the eighth. Incredibly, the Athletics didn’t even need to bat in the ninth inning even though they trailed 15-3 entering the bottom of the seventh. 12 Runs: Philadelphia Athletics 17, Cleveland 15 (June 15, 1925) In the 11th, little-known Jolbert Cabrera’s one-out, broken-bat single to left scored Kenny Lofton from second to complete the comeback win. Trailing 14-2, Cleveland rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, four in the eighth and five more with two outs in the ninth, capped by Omar Vizquel’s three-run triple to the right-field corner to force extras at 14-14. 5, 2001)Ĭleveland manager Charlie Manuel basically indicated a rally was impossible by removing four regulars from his starting lineup in the nationally televised Sunday night game, but the Mariners, who went on collect the most wins (116) in a 162-game regular season, overlooked the signals. 12 Runs: Cleveland 15, Seattle Mariners 14, 11 innings (Aug. You never know when a rally will break out.įollowing are some of the biggest comebacks in Major League Baseball history, with regular season information dating to the start of the modern era in 1901 and postseason information since the first one was held in 1903. In short, don’t be quick to turn off the TV or try to beat the stadium traffic after the seventh-inning stretch. Pitch clocks, timers and three-batter minimums are relatively new ways to speed up baseball, but romantics of the sport have always embraced its timeless nature.Ī Mike Hargrove at-bat never let them down.īaseball is played until one team leads after nine or more innings, so who’s to say a team trailing by five, six, maybe seven runs after eight innings can’t be steadfast in Yogi Berra’s assessment, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” We’re breaking down some of the biggest comebacks in Major League Baseball history, with regular season information dating to the start of the modern era in 1901 and postseason information since the first one was held in 1903. ![]()
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