Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 16, 2008
Five Hours for Thirteen Innings

The Royals and Yankees play thirteen innings as New York wins 3-2 on a Brett Gardner RBI single. The game took 4:53, an amazing left for that low scoring a game. The Yankees collected 10 hits, seven walks and a HBP; the Royals put 14 on by one of those three outcomes. It's not clear why the game took so long. It looks like it might have been the Royals pitchers. New York tossed 178 pitches, 13.6 per inning. The Royals, however, threw 235 pitches, or 18.1 per inning. Seven double plays helped keep both teams from scoring more.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:22 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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I was at the game (until the end of the 11th), and it cruised as when the starters were in. The Royals relievers took a lot of time in between pitches, and the Yankee relievers threw over to first a lot.

Posted by: Barron at August 18, 2008 12:20 PM
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