What Was The Longest Inning In Baseball?
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The longest inning in baseball happened on May 8, 1984 and lasted for 33 innings. The game was between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Longest Inning in baseball history
In baseball, an inning is the basic unit of play, consisting of three outs (when each half-inning ends). However, sometimes games consist of extra innings, during which both teams have additional opportunities to score runs. The longest inning in baseball history took place on May 8, 1984, during a game between the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers. The game ended after twenty-three innings, with the White Sox winning 7-6.
The game that lasted the longest
In May of 1984, the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers played a game that lasted 25 innings. The game started on a Friday night, and wassuspended after 17 innings due to darkness. It resumed the following day, and was finally won by the White Sox 7-6 in the bottom of the 25th inning.
The game set several interesting records:
-It is the longest major league baseball game by time, lasting 8 hours and 6 minutes.
-It is also the longest MLB game by innings played, with both teams using every player on their rosters. A total of 48 players were used in the game.
-The White Sox catcher, Carlton Fisk, set a record for most putouts in a game with 16.
-The Brewers’ Paul Molitor had 7 hits in the game, tying another MLB record.
The inning that took the longest
In baseball, innings are used to measure the length of timeeach team has had possession of the ball. An inning is complete when each team has had a chance to bat and the fielding team has put three batters out. The game is divided into nine innings, and each team bats until it gets three outs. In extra innings, each team bats until it scores or makes three outs, whichever comes first.
The longest inning in major league baseball history occurred on May 8, 1984, between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies. The inning lasted for an astounding 50 minutes and 35 seconds! In total, 12 batters were put out, six on each side. It’s no wonder that the game took four hours and 45 minutes to play!
How the game ended
With the score tied at 2 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Red Sox were down to their last out. Boston batter pinch hitter Tony Tarasco worked the count to 3–2, then walked to load the bases. Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera then came in to face Boston’s cleanup hitter and MVP candidate, Mo Vaughn. On the first pitch, Vaughn hit a grand slam home run to right field, giving the Red Sox a 6–2 lead. The home run was Vaughn’s 30th of the season and capped off one of the most dramatic comebacks in baseball history.
