George Mason Breaks NCAA Baseball Scored With 23 Runs In 1 Inning Without Hitting A Home Run

In an NCAA baseball game against Holy Cross, George Mason made history. The club recorded 23 runs in one inning, making a new record. This broke Wichita State and Penn State's last record of 21 runs. After having no runs at the start of the inning, the Patriots started up leading 23-0. They completed this, surprisingly, without crossing a single home run. With a 26–6 triumph at the end, the game was a memorable one for undergraduate baseball.

George Mason's Historic Inning

In an afternoon game vs. Holy Cross, George Mason recorded 23 runs in a single inning, creating an NCAA record. As reported by George Mason, the prior NCAA baseball record for runs in a single inning was 21, which was maintained by Wichita State (1984) and Penn State (1983).

 In the top of the second inning, the Patriots and Crusaders were stood 0-0. They arrived with a 23-0 lead and came on to win 26-6. Perhaps most wonderfully, they did it all without hitting a home run.

In total, George Mason appointed 31 hitters to the plate that inning. The onslaught needed the Holy Cross to employ five pitchers. The game had five hits by pitch, two stolen bases, two errors, one passed ball, and eleven hits.

And the Patriots led all of their damage after beginning the game with an out. Jake Butler, the leadoff batter, hit out to third on a bunt. Two walks and a passed ball caused this before graduate student Jonny Wall recorded the game's first run with an RBI single.

NCAA Record-Breaking Performance

The floodgates were start after that. By the time Holy Cross protected the second out of the game on a pop fly to shortstop, George Mason had recorded 19 runs. The Patriots added four more runs to reach 23 in the game and made a new NCAA record after three walks, two singles, and a double.

 Then a fielder's choice thankfully completed the inning. Two runners were left abandoned by George Mason. At the conclusion of the game, George Mason had recorded twice as many runs (26) as hits (13). None of the shots were triples, and six of them were doubles. 

There were no home runs, as indicated. Twelve George Mason batters walked entirely. No player scored more than four RBI, and all of the RBI originated from eight George Mason players. Seven of the ten batters that hit home plate each recorded three runs.

 Thankfully for Holy Cross, there isn't any social media video recording of Tuesday's events. Just a play-by-play and box score that you have never experience before and are unlikely to see again.