(Oots 04.17-18.08) Jorge Sosa should just be thankful.....

[Guest Triple Dee]

....he doesn't play for the Padres or Rockies, otherwise his arm would now be vaporized.

Padres 1
Rockies 2 Final in 22

Ex-Met Glendon Rusch takes the loss.

[Frayed Knot]

Not surprising that this game was played in San Diego and not Denver.

Jake Peavy (8 IP - 4 hits) & Jeff Francis (7 IP - 3 hits) started and both left the game scoreless as the team [u:45ccf27758]traded runs in the 14th[/u:45ccf27758]!! for the only scores until top 22.

Total time = 6:16
LOB = 30
Combined hits = 25
Combined XBHs = 3 (all doubles)
pitches = 658

Rusch not only lost the game (on an unearned run) but struck out to end it (no pinch-hitters left)

Longest ML game since 1989

Sleepless in San Diego

[Guest Triple Dee]

I forgot to credit another ex-Met;

Tony Clark 1-8 (w/ Golden Sombrero)

[DocTee]

Both catchers (Bard and Torrealba) played all 22 innings!

[Guest AG/DC]

Kip Wells throwing four shutout innings of relief for the win. Wilfredo Ledezma went five for the losers before giving way to Ruscharound. Those are the sorts of relief outings that get you back in the rotation.

Sucks that the game ended on an un-earned run, as Taveras reached and advanced on two differnet errors. But, you know, we won on a wild pitch last night, so I won't be picky.

[Benjamin Grimm]

It seems that marathon games often end on misplays. (I remember an 18-inning game I attended at Shea in 1985 against the Pirates. That was the famous "Rusty in the outfield" game. It ended with, I think, Clint Hurdle hitting a ball between an infielder's legs.)

[duan]

well it stands to reason, people's concentration'll get screwed as they get tired which is reasonable to do after 6 hours of baseball.

[Guest AG/DC]

And, seeing as a catcher throwing error contributed to the winning run, maybe it's not such a good idea to let your catcher go 22 innnigs.

[metsmarathon]

6 hours? sheesh, who do they think they are, the yankees and red sox?

[Guest AG/DC]

"And there's one on in the bottom of the seventh, and Francona is heading back out to the mound to talk with his pitcher. And we're going to break for a word from... ."

[HahnSolo]

Frayed Knot wrote: Longest ML game since 1989

Without looking it up, I'll guess Dodgers-Expos at the Big O that went 23 innings. I think Rick Dempsey either drove in or scored the winning run.

[nymr83]

Ledezma threw 80 pitches in relief in that game! is he now unavailable for 4 days?