Home sweep home.
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.
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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 was 1 in 32,768.
Now that's home cookin'!
Why not end the night with a #walkoff! http://t.co/KXS7dV4PPY pic.twitter.com/txWx2ZN9Ft— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) August 12, 2015
Research by the Elias Sports Bureau, baseball's official statistician, indicated that previously the best performance by home teams had been 12-0 on May 23, 1914. That included four games that day in the Federal League, then considered one of three major leagues.
Checking only the American League and National League, STATS found four days when hosts went 11-0 — three of them in the 1800s. The most recent occasion was Sept. 16, 1989.
Home teams last night: 15 W, 0 L. The last time that’s happened? Never. http://t.co/KrSW6mGD48 #YCPB pic.twitter.com/DQzd59sahh— MLB (@MLB) August 12, 2015
"Without saying, it's more difficult on the road," said manager Bruce Bochy of the World Series champion Giants. "There's got to be a slight advantage to playing at home and I think your good teams play well at home, they win at home."
#MadBum. MadBeard. #MadGood: http://t.co/YtW9hQn5KZ #ShowStopper pic.twitter.com/CQnpdZil14— MLB (@MLB) August 12, 2015
We’ll take it.— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) August 12, 2015
Cleveland and Miami also needed extra innings to come out on top in their own ballparks. 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.
The scores were as follows:
Oakland Athletics 2 – Toronto Blue Jays 4
Colorado Rockies 0 – New York Mets 4
New York Yankees 4 – Cleveland Indians 5
Boston Red Sox 4 – Miami Marlins 5
Atlanta Braves 0 – Tampa Bay Rays 2
Milwaukee Brewers 3 – Chicago Cubs 6
Detroit Tigers 1 – Kansas City Royals 6
Los Angeles Angels 0 – Chicago White Sox 3
Texas Rangers 2 – Minnesota Twins 3
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 – St. Louis Cardinals 4
Philadelphia Phillies 1 – Arizona Diamondbacks 13
Washington Nationals 0 – Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Baltimore Orioles 5 – Seattle Mariners 6
Cincinnati Reds 6 – San Diego Padres 11
Houston Astros 1 – San Francisco Giants 3
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.
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.
#MNTwins were in that #walkoff mood. http://t.co/j1xGFVh3Fe pic.twitter.com/pKOKADW0ab— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) August 12, 2015
Arizona and Tampa Bay joined the majors as expansion franchises in 1998, bringing the total to 30 teams.
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.
"I still didn't know if it was fair even when he called it," Jackson said. "I guess it hit the chalk and the rest is history."
Additional reporting by Mashable.