It ain't over till it's over

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - There are rallies and there are rallies. How about one the Brooklyn Dodgers had on this date in 1954? The Dodgers scored 13 runs in the eighth inning, 12 after two were out. They went on to pound the Cincinnati Reds 20-7 at Ebbets Field.

Amazingly, only one of the 13 runs given up in the eighth was earned, despite four Reds pitchers giving up seven hits and seven walks. Neither pitcher Jackie Collum nor Frank Smith got anybody out, but their ERAs didn't budge (there's something not right about that type of scoring) because twelve of the runs scored after an error by Reds third baseman Chuck Harmon long before Collum or Smith got in the game. 

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The Cleveland Indians scored a colossal comeback August 5, 2001. They were down 12-0 in the third (14-2 in the seventh), and came back to beat the Seattle Mariners 14-12 in eleven innings.

Ironically, 2001 was the year the Mariners won 116 games. Had they held on that night Seattle would have broken the all-time record for wins in a season held by the Chicago Cubs with 116 in 1906.

Contributing Sources:
August 8, 1954 box score
August 5, 2001 box score

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