Longest baseball game

The longest game in the history of professional baseball lasted 33 innings. On April 18th, 1981, in an International League game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island between the Rochester Red Wings (the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles at the time) and the Pawtucket Red Sox (the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox), history was made.

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Professional baseball - International League - Pawtucket, Rhode Island - Rochester Red Wings - Baltimore Orioles - Pawtucket Red Sox - Boston Red Sox

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The two teams played deep into the frigid night with no end in sight. The game began just after 8:00 PM local time and continued until 4:07 AM the next morning, when it was paused after 32 innings. On June 23rd, 65 days later, play resumed. The game was decided after just 18 more minutes as Pawtucket's Dave Koza singled off of Rochester's Cliff Speck to drive in Marty Barrett as the winning run, giving the PawSox a 3-2 victory. The official length of the game is listed as 8:25, also a record.

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Dave Koza - Cliff Speck - Marty Barrett

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In 1996, Steven Krasner, a sports writer who covers baseball for the Providence Journal, published a children's book about the historic game called The Longest Game.

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Steven Krasner - Providence Journal

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ESPN's SportsCenter did a piece about the game on July 25th, 2005 during its 50 States in 50 Days segment for Rhode Island.

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ESPN - SportsCenter - 50 States in 50 Days - Rhode Island

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