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GAME OF NUMBERS
15-0
Record of the home teams Tuesday night. It marked the first time in baseball history all 15 home teams won on the same day.
11
Runs given up by the Phillies in the second inning of their 13-1 loss to the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night. It was their worst inning since allowing 12 runs in one inning on May 31, 1975. All 11 runs were charged to starter David Buchanan. He became the first Phillies pitcher to allow 11 or more earned runs in an inning since Al Jurisch in 1947.
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J.T. Realmuto
Catcher, Marlins
Became the first Miami player to drive in five runs in one inning on Wednesday. He had an RBI single and a grand slam in the Marlins' 10-run sixth against the Red Sox. He finished with six RBI. The only catcher with more than six RBI in a game against the Red Sox was Yankees Hall of Famer Yogi Berra in 1957, according to STATS. Realmuto hit his sixth triple of the season, the most by a rookie catcher since Carlton Fisk of the Red Sox in 1972, according to STATS.
