Sunday, April 18, 2010
0-0 for 18 innings
And then both teams score a run in the 19th, but the Mets came through in the 20th to win the game.
It took 46 players 6 hours 53 minutes to complete it, with 158 plate appearances and enough substitutions and bizarre plays to baffle even the most attentive scorekeeper. At one point in the top of the 18th inning, there was a position player (Felipe Lopez) pitching to a relief pitcher (Raul Valdes) who was making the first at-bat of his career, while a starting pitcher (Kyle Lohse) was asked to go in and patrol left field.Congratulations to both teams for lasting that long.
In fact, the Cardinals used two different position players to pitch, Lopez and Joe Mather, who took the loss despite giving up only two hits to the Mets over two innings.
The Mets used every player except Oliver Perez, and after Francisco Rodriguez blew a save opportunity in the 19th inning, starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey was called upon to pitch the 20th, earning the save. Mather took the loss, while Rodriguez, who warmed up 11 times in the bullpen and couldn’t seal the game, earned the win.
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