what is the most runs an mlb team has scored in a game that they lost

The Philadelphia Phillies have put up the most runs by a team in a loss, with 23 runs versus the Cubs on August 25, 1922.

Interpreted as:
What is the most runs an MLB team has scored in a regular-season game that they lost?
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 Phillies
Phillies
23
1
8/25/1922
PHN PHN
@
CHC CHC
L
23-26
0
1.000
52
26
4
2
0
19
11
0
5
1
1
66
34
6
3
.500
.587
.654
1.241
2 Cubs
Cubs
22
1
5/17/1979
CHC CHC
vs
PHI PHI
L
22-23
0
1.000
56
26
3
1
6
22
3
0
4
0
0
59
49
10
0
0
0
2
.464
.492
.875
1.367
3
Stars
21
1
4/18/1890
SYR
@
BKA
L
21-22
0
1.000
4 Orioles
Orioles
19
1
6/17/1891
BAL BAL
@
WSH WSH
L
19-20
0
1.000
5
Colonels
19
1
6/6/1888
LOU
@
CLE
L
19-23
0
1.000
6 Rangers
Rangers
17
1
8/12/2008
TEX TEX
@
BOS BOS
L
17-19
0
1.000
47
20
7
0
1
17
3
1
6
0
0
53
30
8
0
2
0
0
.426
.453
.638
1.091
7 Marlins
Marlins
17
1
7/4/2008
FLA FLA
@
COL COL
L
17-18
0
1.000
47
22
7
0
2
17
6
2
4
0
0
56
35
9
1
0
1
1
.468
.545
.745
1.290
8 Phillies
Phillies
17
1
8/3/1969
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
L
17-19
0
1.000
47
21
4
1
3
17
4
0
6
1
0
51
36
8
0
0
1
2
.447
.490
.766
1.256
9 Indians
Indians
17
1
7/10/1932
CLE CLE
vs
PHA PHA
L
17-18
0
1.000
83
33
9
0
1
16
10
0
7
1
0
95
45
10
2
.398
.462
.542
1.005
10 Beaneaters
Beaneaters
17
1
4/19/1900
BSN BSN
vs
PHI PHI
L
17-19
0
1.000
11 Alleghenys
Alleghenys
17
1
8/7/1890
PTN PTN
@
CIN CIN
L
17-23
0
1.000
12 Giants
Giants
17
1
5/23/1889
NYG NYG
vs
CWS CWS
L
17-18
0
1.000
13
Wolverines
17
1
7/28/1888
DET
@
CWS CWS
L
17-21
0
1.000
14
Metropolitans
17
1
4/26/1887
NYM
@
PHA PHA
L
17-18
0
1.000
15 White Stockings
White Stockings
17
1
8/14/1883
CWS CWS
@
BUF
L
17-19
0
1.000
16
Colonels
17
1
7/6/1882
LOU
@
STL
L
17-21
0
1.000
17 Athletics
Athletics
16
1
5/5/2000
OAK OAK
@
TEX TEX
L
16-17
0
1.000
43
16
3
0
5
16
8
0
8
0
1
51
34
8
0
0
0
0
.372
.471
.791
1.261
18 Tigers
Tigers
16
1
9/14/1998
DET DET
vs
CWS CWS
L
16-17
0
1.000
58
22
4
1
3
16
1
0
10
1
0
60
37
8
0
1
1
0
.379
.383
.638
1.021
19 Cubs
Cubs
16
1
4/17/1976
CHC CHC
vs
PHI PHI
L
16-18
0
1.000
48
19
5
0
3
16
6
3
7
0
0
58
33
8
1
0
1
1
.396
.491
.688
1.179
20 Giants
Giants
16
1
5/23/1970
SFG SFG
vs
SDP SDP
L
16-17
0
1.000
60
23
2
0
4
16
10
0
12
1
2
76
37
6
6
0
3
1
.383
.471
.617
1.088
21 Phillies
Phillies
16
1
9/23/1930
PHN PHN
vs
SLN SLN
L
16-19
0
1.000
44
16
4
0
1
13
6
0
7
0
0
50
23
5
0
.364
.440
.523
.963
22 Phillies
Phillies
16
1
5/18/1929
PHN PHN
vs
BKN BKN
L
16-20
0
1.000
41
17
6
0
2
16
12
0
6
2
0
53
29
8
0
.415
.547
.707
1.254
23 Cardinals
Cardinals
16
1
6/2/1900
STL STL
@
BSN BSN
L
16-17
0
1.000
24 Bridegrooms
Bridegrooms
16
1
9/23/1896
BKN BKN
@
PHI PHI
L
16-17
0
1.000
25 Senators
Senators
16
1
8/8/1896
WSH WSH
vs
BAL BAL
L
16-21
0
1.000
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for runs going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
27
15
.643
Phillies Phillies
24
17
.585
2.5
Braves Braves
20
21
.488
6.5
Nationals Nationals
17
25
.405
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Marlins Marlins
15
25
.375
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Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/13
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Wed
5/14
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
1:05 PM
Fri
5/16
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Sat
5/17
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
6:05 PM
Sun
5/18
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
1:35 PM
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24 - 17

2

Final

3

STL Cardinals

23 - 19

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NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
27
15
.643
Phillies Phillies
24
17
.585
2.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
24
18
.571
Cardinals Cardinals
23
19
.548
1.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
27
14
.659
Padres Padres
25
15
.625
1.5
AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
24
17
.585
Red Sox Red Sox
22
21
.512
3.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
27
15
.643
Guardians Guardians
24
17
.585
2.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
22
18
.550
Athletics Athletics
21
20
.512
1.5

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
4/26
TEX TEX
@
SFG SFG
2-3
Sat
4/26
MIA MIA
@
SEA SEA
6-7
Sun
4/27
NYM NYM
@
WSH WSH
19-5
Sun
4/27
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
11-1
Sun
4/27
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/13
MIL MIL
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Tue
5/13
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
5/13
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
5/13
CWS CWS
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Tue
5/13
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM