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Los Angeles Angels Make and Join All Kinds of Rare Baseball History in Drubbing of Colorado Rockies

The Los Angeles Angels beat the Colorado Rockies 25-1 on Saturday night, re-writing the baseball record books in multiple ways.

Brady Farkas

Los Angeles Angels Make and Join All Kinds of Rare Baseball History in Drubbing of Colorado Rockies
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The Los Angeles Angels rolled over the Colorado Rockies in historic fashion on Saturday night, winning 25-1.

The win moved the Angels to 42-36 on the season while the loss dropped Colorado to 30-49.

The Angels scored 13 runs in the third inning and eight runs in the fourth inning to fuel the offensive explosion.

The output for the Angels was historic on several levels, as the Angels made or joined baseball history in multiple ways, both at the team level and the sport level.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

The Angels set new franchise records with 25 runs and 28 hits in their 25-1 win over the Rockies. 

The +24 margin of victory ties the 3rd-largest by any team since at least 1901.

And more...

The Angels scored 13 runs in the 3rd inning tonight at Colorado, tying their most runs in an inning in franchise history. 

All 9 players in the starting lineup already have a hit and a RBI in the game, making this the 3rd time in franchise history that every starter has recorded a hit and a RBI (1984 at White Sox, 1978 at Rangers).

Via Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

Hunter Renfroe: 5-5 

Mickey Moniak: 5-5 

it's the 5th time since 1901 a team had 2 players go 5-for-5 or better in the same game, joining:

And this one...

largest wins since 1900: 

8/22/2007 Rangers: +27, 30-3 

6/8/1950 Red Sox: +25, 29-4 

Today Angels: +24, 25-1 

7/7/1923 Cleveland: +24, 27-3

What a night at Coors Field, for sure. The two teams wrap up the series on Sunday at 3:10 p.m. ET.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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