Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts on historic run scoring pace

Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts crossed the century mark in runs scored for the fourth time in his career, putting him in rare company.

The Boston Red Sox are the highest-scoring team in baseball so it’s no surprise that the man at the top of the order scores runs in bunches. Mookie Betts isn’t simply scoring more runs than everyone else though, he’s piling them up at a historic pace.

Betts crossed the century mark in runs scored during the first inning of Thursday night’s loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. A leadoff single put him on board ahead of a home run from Xander Bogaerts that gave Boston an early lead. Betts would add a homer of his own in the seventh inning for run No. 101 this…