O, what a night

In case you're under a rock, my beloved Orioles lost to the Texas Rangers yesterday by a score of 30-3. Yes, 30-3. There's really nothing to do here but laugh...and look at some really funny statistics from last night's game. Some of my favorites:

• 30 runs is the most scored by a single team in a game since 1897...that's 110 years.
• In their previous two games, the Rangers struck out 30 times combined.
  
• The Rangers had scored only 29 runs in their previous 9 games.
• In his last 17 starts, Erik Bedard has given up a total of 31 runs.
• The Rangers scored all their run in 4 innings (the 4th, 6th, 8th, and 9th), meaning they were held scoreless in more innings than they scored in.
• Every Texas Ranger scored in the game, with 8 scoring at least twice.
• 7 of the 9 Texas starters drove in at least 2 runs.
• Michael Young, the Rangers' third batter (and presumably best hitter) was the man left out, scoring only one run and driving in none.
• The Rangers hit breakdown: 21 singles, 6 HR (including 2 grand slams and 3-3 run homers), and 2 doubles.
  
• Wes Littleton pitched the final three innings, after coming into the game with a 14-3 lead, and earned a save. (I think we need to revisit that rule)
• The Baltimore Ravens haven't given up 30 points in a game since Week 12 of the 2005 season...a span of 20 regular season games and one playoff game.
• All 30 runs were earned, and the Orioles committed only 1 error in the game.
• Paul Shuey gave up 7 hits, 3 walks, and 9 runs in two innings of work...and the first 5 outs he recorded were by strikeouts. Which means that, other than the final out of the night made by Corey Patterson at the warning track, every single ball that the Rangers put in play off Shuey resulted in a hit...no balls were caught, no one grounded out, and no runners were forced out or otherwise thrown out.
• Two Rangers had 7 RBI and two had 4. The last time a team had four players with four RBI was May 17, 1979.
• The Orioles' bullpen ERA increased by over half a point last night.
• In the 2006 NFL season, teams scored fewer than 30 points in 64.5% of games.
  

I think that about sums it up...just try to imagine the NFL or NBA equivalent to a 30-3 defeat. What would it look like? 190-60 in the NBA? 80-7 in the NFL? Just think about it.