![]() The Red Sox stranded 20 runners, but came through one last time in the 19th.īogaerts singled, stole second and went to third on a passed ball by backup catcher John Ryan Murphy, who had just replaced McCann. That's my role and I like that role," Wright said. "I looked around the bullpen and I was the only one left. ![]() Neither team could break through again until Ortiz launched an 0-2 pitch from Esmil Rogers (0-1) to right-center.ĭidi Gregorius had a chance to win it for New York in the 16th and 18th, but grounded out with a runner at third to end both innings.īoston got five innings of relief from Wright (1-0) in a game that featured 17 pitchers who combined to throw 628 pitches. Headley's solo shot off fill-in closer Edward Mujica came with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The longest game by innings between the old rivals was a 20-inning victory for New York in the second game of a 1967 doubleheader. I wish we would have won, but it was a great game," Headley said. It was the longest game by innings for New York since a 19-inning win over Minnesota in August 1976. They had a 22-inning victory at Detroit that took 7 hours in 1962. Pablo Sandoval put the Red Sox back in front with an RBI single in the 18th only to see Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran hit doubles in the bottom half to tie it again at 5.Įach club went to its last reliever in the 15th during the longest game by time in Red Sox history - and second-longest for the Yankees. But then Teixeira, batting from the right side against right-handed knuckleballer Steven Wright, led off the bottom half with a no-doubt drive to left field.Īnd on it went before a few thousand scattered fans left from the crowd of 41,292. ![]() ![]() "It's one game that seemed like about six, and we'll move on," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.ĭavid Ortiz hit a solo homer for Boston to break a 3-all deadlock in the 16th. They're back at it for the middle game of the series Saturday at 1:05 p.m. The teams combined for 138 at-bats, 32 hits, 28 strikeouts and 627 pitches thrown by 17 pitchers, according to ESPN's Stats and Information.Īfter the first of 19 meetings this year, the teams get little chance to rest. That's why the official time of game was 6 hours, 49 minutes - even though it took more than 7 hours to complete. "It's a testament to the will and the resiliency of this team," Red Sox manager John Farrell said.Ĭhase Headley and Mark Teixeira, who turned 35 when the clock struck midnight, hit tying home runs for the Yankees during an early-season epic delayed 16 minutes by a power outage in the 12th. Xander Bogaerts scored the decisive run after reaching on his fourth hit in extra innings. In the latest classic matchup of their long and illustrious rivalry, Boston finally outlasted New York 6-5 in 19 innings early Saturday when the game-ending double play was turned at 2:13 a.m.Īfter squandering leads in the ninth, 16th and 18th, Boston at last went ahead for good on a sacrifice fly by Mookie Betts. NEW YORK - The first game of the season between the Red Sox and Yankees was one to remember - for anyone still awake at the end. Mookie Betts sac fly lifts Red Sox past Yankees in 19-inning classic
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