By "ties", I mean that each team scores the same amount of runs (not including 0) in an extra inning, so the game continues. For example, each team scores 3 runs in the 10th, 1 in the 12, and 2 in the 15th. Zeros don't count.
2007-07-25 08:10:11 · 2 answers · asked by Answerman 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
They didn't play each other in 1987, or 1887.
2007-07-25 09:25:07 · update #1
If you don't count zeros the record is 6 set by the Baltimore Orioles in 1987. They played the Atlanta Braves and the game couldn't end because it was 1:00 in the morning. The players were tired and couldn't see the baseball in the darkness. They postponed the game after playing 27 innings.
2007-07-25 08:20:16 · answer #1 · answered by THE MAN 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think the game referred to incorrectly was this 19-inning gem on 04-July-1985 between the Mets and Braves in Atlanta, which finally ended around 4:00 am (the NL had no curfew back then) and, since postgame fireworks were scheduled, the Braves management indeed decided to set off the works when the game ended, waking up people for a mile around.
The game was tied at 8 at the end of the ninth.
Tied again after both teams scored two in the 13th.
Tied yet again after both teams scored one in the 18th, the Braves on relief pitcher Rick Camp's solo home run with two outs, the only homer of his career.
And the Mets finally ended it by scoring five in the 19th, which the Braves tried to match but could not, scoring two, with the final of Mets 16 - Braves 13. Yow.
That might be the most re-tie innings to keep a game going in extras. It certainly was a memorable one.
Box: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/B07040ATL1985.htm
2007-07-25 21:32:21 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋