Let's look at the math. There were 4 weeks in April. There were 4.5 weeks in May. There were 4+ weeks in June. There are 4 weeks in July. That is 17 weeks [give or take a day] and we are NOT yet done with July. The Boston Red Sox have placed at least 10 runs on the board in 16 games [so far] in the season. What is even more amazing about this is that they did not do this [at all] in April. They only did it 3 times in May. In June, they did it 6 times and [so far] in July they have accomplished this feat an incredible 7 times! That's 7 times in an incomplete month which was also abbreviated by the All-Star-Break! Not only are they putting up more than 10 runs, many times they are putting up a couple of Touch-downs on the board. By touch-downs I mean that the Sox put up at least 14 runs! Out of those 16 games with more than 10 runs, 7 of them had 14 or more runs. I'm not sure statistics like this are tracked with much regularity or accuracy, but this team has an incredible amount of offense!
July 30th 2011 - update: Red Sox scored 10 runs [again] tonight {in their 10-2 victory} making this the 17th game where they put up 10 runs [at least] of the 2011 Season. That's 17 weeks and 17 games with 10 runs or more. It's getting to be like clockwork! 1 per week [minimum] and many times twice per week.
Recently, Tim Wakefield has given up large numbers of runs [early] in games, but has still won those games because the offense put up 11 runs per game! Now THAT is run support!
August 6th 2011 - update: Red Sox scored 10 runs [again] today. This time against their 'hated rivals' The Yankees. 18 weeks and 18 games with 10 runs or more. Clockwork - still!
August 23rd 2011 - update: Red Sox scored over 10 runs again, tonight, at Texas. There has been a 'power-outage' among the Sox valued offense. This is the first 10+ run game since August 6th [nearly two and a half weeks!]. So now we are at this rate: 19 games with 10+ runs scored by the Sox in 20.5 weeks. Still pretty impressive!
August 25th 2011 - update: The Boston Red Sox continued their heavy-hitting-ways last night. They put up a touchdown and two field goals in their 13-2 rout of the Texas Rangers. For those of you that are counting [like me] they have now hit 10+ runs in 20 games in 20.5 weeks. I would not be surprised to see another game like this, this very week - to keep up their torrid pace. - Incredible!
September 7th - update: The Red Sox have scored more than 10 runs in two more games. This continues their torrid pace for the season. On Sept 3rd they scored 12 against the Texas Rangers [again] and then scored 14 against Toronto last night [Sept 6th]. They even scored 9 against the NY Yankees on August 31st, but have also lost their lead of the Division to the Yankees because they lost several games over the last week and a half. So, now, we are at 22. 5 weeks and the Sox have scored 10 or more runs in 22 games. Still inccredible [but what would all that mean if they do not win the Division?!?]. - Stay Tuned!
Sept 12th Update: Red Sox added another 10 plus run game [although it was a defeat!]. They lost 11-10 to the Toronto Blue Jays. At present, they have lost about 8 of their last 11 games. This is causing concern in Red Sox Nation, even if they do score 10+ runs every week. The play-offs are approaching and the Sox are beginning to play very poorly. I hope it is just a short phase!
Sept 14th Update: Red Sox put up another 2+ Touchdown performance, last night. They scored 18 runs [7 of them in 1 inning!] beating the Toronto Blue Jays 18 - 6. While this feat means that they have put up 10+ runs in 24 games [within 24 weeks] - it does not guarantee that they make the play-offs. Tampa Bay happened to lose last night [to the Orioles - no less!] but they are just 4 games back of the Sox in the Wild Card hunt and I think the Sox are just too far back [4 games] from the Yankees to over-take them in the Division [AL East].
Sept 20th Update: Red Sox put up another 2+ Touchdown performance, last night. Again, they scored 18 runs [7 in one inning!] beating the lowly Baltimore Orioles 18 - 9. Now, if they had not lost the early game of the double-header, I might feel a bit better! They are holding onto their lead in the Wildcard race by a thread. They are 2 games ahead of Tampa Bay [a team with better pitching] and way too far behind the Yankees to even think of winning the Division. They have lost 15 of their last 20 games! What does it matter that they have scored 10+ runs in 25 games in the last 25 weeks? It means nothing!
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