team most runs in a game in losses 1913 to 1996 by 12 or less runs

Between the 1913 and 1996 seasons, 17 teams were tied for the most runs in a loss with 12 or fewer runs, with 12 runs. The first three are the New York Yankees on August 18, 1996, the Florida Marlins on July 27, 1996 and the San Diego Padres on July 12, 1996, on August 4, 1995 and on June 7, 1987.

Interpreted as:
team most runs in a regular-season game in losses 1913 to 1996 by 12 or less runs
TEAM R L DATE TM OPP RESULT W L% AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Yankees
Yankees
12
1
8/18/1996
NYY NYY
vs
SEA SEA
L
12-13
0
1.000
53
19
5
0
1
12
7
0
11
0
0
60
27
6
0
0
1
2
.358
.433
.509
.943
2 Marlins
Marlins
12
1
7/27/1996
FLA FLA
vs
SDP SDP
L
12-20
0
1.000
42
17
2
0
0
11
6
1
8
2
0
50
19
2
0
1
0
2
.405
.480
.452
.932
3 Padres
Padres
12
1
7/12/1996
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
L
12-13
0
1.000
41
14
3
0
2
10
4
2
9
0
0
47
23
5
0
0
0
1
.341
.426
.561
.987
4 Braves
Braves
12
1
6/8/1996
ATL ATL
@
COL COL
L
12-13
0
1.000
41
18
2
1
2
12
3
0
6
1
1
45
28
5
1
0
0
2
.439
.477
.683
1.160
5 Padres
Padres
12
1
8/4/1995
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
L
12-14
0
1.000
43
20
4
1
2
12
5
0
7
1
0
50
32
7
1
1
0
1
.465
.510
.744
1.254
6 Tigers
Tigers
12
1
5/28/1995
DET DET
vs
CWS CWS
L
12-14
0
1.000
44
17
3
0
7
12
8
2
11
5
1
54
41
10
0
0
1
1
.386
.500
.932
1.432
7 Cardinals
Cardinals
12
1
7/18/1994
STL STL
@
HOU HOU
L
12-15
0
1.000
43
17
5
1
1
12
0
1
8
1
0
45
27
7
1
0
0
0
.395
.409
.628
1.037
8 Braves
Braves
12
1
4/18/1993
ATL ATL
@
SFG SFG
L
12-13
0
1.000
40
9
1
0
1
11
11
1
10
4
0
53
13
2
0
1
0
2
.225
.396
.325
.721
9 Rangers
Rangers
12
1
6/4/1992
TEX TEX
vs
MIN MIN
L
12-15
0
1.000
41
16
5
0
1
12
5
0
5
1
0
46
24
6
0
0
0
1
.390
.457
.585
1.042
10 Twins
Twins
12
1
10/3/1991
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
L
12-13
0
1.000
52
16
4
0
4
11
6
0
4
2
0
58
32
8
0
0
0
2
.308
.379
.615
.995
11 Cubs
Cubs
12
1
4/21/1991
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
L
12-13
0
1.000
44
13
2
0
1
10
5
1
6
1
1
51
18
3
0
1
1
1
.295
.373
.409
.782
12 Dodgers
Dodgers
12
1
5/19/1990
LAD LAD
vs
PHI PHI
L
12-15
0
1.000
46
15
1
0
1
10
8
1
6
1
1
56
19
2
1
0
2
2
.326
.436
.413
.849
13 Giants
Giants
12
1
5/12/1988
SFG SFG
@
STL STL
L
12-13
0
1.000
42
14
5
0
1
10
8
0
1
1
0
51
22
6
0
1
2
1
.333
.431
.524
.955
14 Twins
Twins
12
1
7/10/1987
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
L
12-13
0
1.000
42
16
3
1
1
12
6
0
2
0
1
48
24
5
0
0
1
1
.381
.458
.571
1.030
15 Padres
Padres
12
1
6/7/1987
SDP SDP
@
ATL ATL
L
12-13
0
1.000
46
17
5
0
2
12
3
0
6
0
0
49
28
7
0
0
0
0
.370
.408
.609
1.017
16 Tigers
Tigers
12
1
8/29/1986
DET DET
@
CAL CAL
L
12-13
0
1.000
39
14
3
1
4
12
6
0
0
0
0
46
31
8
1
0
0
0
.359
.444
.795
1.239
17 Mariners
Mariners
12
1
8/29/1986
SEA SEA
vs
NYY NYY
L
12-13
0
1.000
41
16
3
0
2
12
4
0
3
0
1
45
25
5
0
0
0
1
.390
.444
.610
1.054
18 Rangers
Rangers
12
1
6/29/1984
TEX TEX
@
CLE CLE
L
12-13
0
1.000
57
17
2
0
2
10
6
1
4
0
0
64
25
4
0
0
1
0
.298
.375
.439
.814
19 Athletics
Athletics
12
1
8/2/1983
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
L
12-15
0
1.000
36
12
1
1
2
12
4
0
10
2
3
41
21
4
0
1
0
0
.333
.390
.583
.974
20 Twins
Twins
12
1
10/4/1981
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
L
12-13
0
1.000
46
17
6
2
0
12
2
1
8
0
1
49
27
8
0
0
0
0
.370
.408
.587
.995
21 Astros
Astros
12
1
5/19/1981
HOU HOU
@
STL STL
L
12-15
0
1.000
42
16
6
2
0
10
3
0
4
3
1
48
26
8
1
2
1
1
.381
.404
.619
1.023
22 Cardinals
Cardinals
12
1
4/22/1980
STL STL
@
CHC CHC
L
12-16
0
1.000
41
16
4
0
3
10
6
0
4
1
1
47
29
7
0
0
0
1
.390
.468
.707
1.175
23 Blue Jays
Blue Jays
12
1
8/6/1979
TOR TOR
vs
KCR KCR
L
12-16
0
1.000
41
16
4
0
2
12
6
0
3
0
1
48
26
6
1
0
0
0
.390
.468
.634
1.102
24 Rangers
Rangers
12
1
7/1/1979
TEX TEX
vs
OAK OAK
L
12-13
0
1.000
64
21
1
0
3
12
4
1
5
1
0
72
31
4
2
1
0
0
.328
.371
.484
.856
25 Mariners
Mariners
12
1
7/18/1978
SEA SEA
vs
TOR TOR
L
12-13
0
1.000
46
16
3
0
2
10
10
0
6
1
0
56
25
5
0
0
1
1
.348
.464
.543
1.008
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
27
19
.587
Red Sox Red Sox
23
25
.479
5.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
22
24
.478
5.0
Rays Rays
21
25
.457
6.0
Orioles Orioles
15
30
.333
11.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/20
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
5/21
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Thu
5/22
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
12:35 PM
Fri
5/23
NYY NYY
@
COL COL
8:40 PM
Sat
5/24
NYY NYY
@
COL COL
4:10 PM
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AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
27
19
.587
Red Sox Red Sox
23
25
.479
5.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
31
16
.660
Twins Twins
26
21
.553
5.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
26
19
.578
Astros Astros
24
22
.522
2.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
29
18
.617
Phillies Phillies
28
18
.609
0.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
28
19
.596
Cardinals Cardinals
26
21
.553
2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
29
18
.617
Padres Padres
27
18
.600
1.0

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
5/3
NYM NYM
@
STL STL
5-6
Sat
5/3
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
7-5
Sat
5/3
MIN MIN
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Sat
5/3
SDP SDP
@
PIT PIT
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TOR TOR
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
5/19
KCR KCR
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM
Mon
5/19
LAA LAA
@
ATH ATH
10:05 PM
Mon
5/19
AZ AZ
@
LAD LAD
10:10 PM
Tue
5/20
CHC CHC
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Tue
5/20
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM