Road Teams Make Baseball History During Friday Slate of Games

The road teams outscored home teams by 65 runs on Friday, making baseball history in the process.

If you look up and down the scoreboard from Friday night's action, you'll notice something: All over baseball, the road teams were pounding the home teams.

In fact, the road team's output was so prolific that it made major league history.

The Twitter account @OptaSTATS put out the information:

Road teams outscored home teams by a combined 65 runs today (114-49). 

That's the best run differential by the road teams on a single day in MLB history. The previous record was +57 on July 30, 1890.

Road teams outscored home teams by a combined 65 runs today (114-49).

That's the best run differential by the road teams on a single day in MLB history.

The previous record was +57 on July 30, 1890.

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) May 27, 2023

Sixty-five runs? It was just a collective walloping by the visitors. Here's a look at Friday's scoreboard for the breakdown:

Pittsburgh Pirates (11) at Seattle Mariners (6)

Cincinnati Reds (9) at Chicago Cubs (0)

Los Angeles Dodgers (3) at Tampa Bay Rays (9)

Chicago White Sox (12) at Detroit Tigers (3)

Texas Rangers (12) at Baltimore Orioles (2)

San Diego Padres (5) at New York Yankees (1)

St. Louis Cardinals (3) at Cleveland Guardians (4)

Philadelphia Phillies (6) at Atlanta Braves (4)

Washington Nationals (12) at Kansas City Royals (10)

Toronto Blue Jays (3) at Minnesota Twins (1)

San Francisco Giants (15) at Milwaukee Brewers (1)

New York Mets (5) at Colorado Rockies (2)

Miami Marlins (6) at Los Angeles (2)

Boston Red Sox (7) at Arizona Diamondbacks (2)

Houston Astros (5) at Oakland Athletics (2)

All in all, the home teams went 2-13 against their counterparts on Friday. Only the Cardinals and Rays were able to win.

And thank goodness for the Kansas City Royals, who put up 10 runs in a loss against the Nationals. Who thought we'd be thanking the Royals for anything at 15-37 overall?

Better luck on Saturday to the home teams....