1 | Home sweep home. |
2 | When the Seattle Mariners beat Baltimore 6-5 in 10 innings Tuesday night, it marked the first time in baseball history all 15 home teams won on the same day. |
3 | Viewing every game as a 50-50 proposition independent of all others, STATS figured the odds of a home sweep on a night with a full major league schedule at 1 in 32,768. |
4 | Now that's home cookin'! |
5 | STATS said previously the best performance by hosts had been 11-0, accomplished six times - three in the 1800s. |
6 | The most recent occasion was Sept. |
7 | 16, 1989. |
8 | ''Without saying, it's more difficult on the road,'' said manager Bruce Bochy of the World Series champion Giants. |
9 | Cleveland and Miami also needed extra innings to come out on top in their own ballparks. |
10 | Other winners were: Toronto, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Minnesota, St. Louis, Arizona, San Diego, San Francisco, the New York Mets, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
11 | Four visiting teams got shut out: Atlanta at Tampa Bay; Colorado by the Mets; the Angels against the White Sox; and the Nationals at Dodger Stadium. |
12 | The last time home clubs went undefeated on a day with more than one game was an 8-0 record on Aug. 28, 2008 - although road squads were 7-0 on April, 2, 2013, according to STATS. |
13 | Arizona and Tampa Bay joined the majors as expansion franchises in 1998, bringing the total to 30 teams. |
14 | In the last game to finish, Seattle squandered a three-run lead in the eighth inning against the Orioles before Austin Jackson's bases-loaded single down the right-field line won it for the Mariners at Safeco Field. |