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Almanac Edition · every March 28 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

MARCH 28 · 38 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 2012–2025

On this date in 2024, The Yankees beat Houston 5–4 while being out-hit 13 to 8.

The Committee has looked at all 38 major-league games played on March 28, from 2012 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

2019-03-28	Arizona at the Dodgers	5–12	8.5
2019-03-28	The Boston Red Sox at Seattle	4–12	8.5	214 min
2024-03-28	Colorado at Arizona	1–16	8.5	by 15
2019-03-28	Arizona at the Dodgers	5–12	8.5	53,086 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

2024-03-28	The Yankees at Houston	5–4	9.0	hits 8-13
2025-03-28	Detroit at the Dodgers	5–8	9.7	hits 10-8
2024-03-28	Toronto at Tampa Bay	8–2	9.0	hits 7-8

The Mirror Game — a line score this date shares with another day

2012-03-28	Seattle at Oakland	3–1	11.0	00010000002 / 00010000000
2019-03-28	San Francisco at San Diego	0–2	8.5	000000000 / 00100100x
2019-03-28	The Mets at Washington	2–0	9.0	100000010 / 000000000

By the decades

2010s 16 · 2020s 22

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