Red Sox Make It A Gang Of Ten
If I’m using Play Index correctly, last night…er, make that early this morning…when the Red Sox lost, at Fenway, to the Angels in 12 innings, it was just the 10th time in baseball history that a team lost a home game in the post-season where they played 12 innings or more. The others:
Cnt Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk Ptchrs ERA +----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+------+------+ 1 2005-10-25 WS 3 HOU CHW L 5-7 14 14 7 7 9 11 2 237 149 6 0 64 53 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 8 4.50 2 1999-10-08 NLDS 3 HOU ATL L 3-5 12 12 5 5 5 18 1 197 129 0 0 51 46 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3.75 3 1998-10-07 ALCS 2 NYY CLE L 1-4 12 8 4 4 4 9 1 196 126 3 2 47 42 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3.00 4 1996-10-05 ALDS 4 CLE BAL L 3-4 12 14 4 4 3 23 3 211 134 2 0 53 50 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.00 5 1988-10-09 NLCS 4 NYM LAD L 4-5 12 7 5 5 6 10 2 173 112 2 0 49 42 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 3.75 6 1986-10-15 NLCS 6 HOU NYM L 6-7 16 11 7 7 8 11 0 236 145 2 2 64 54 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 5 3.94 7 1973-10-14 WS 2 OAK NYM L 7-10 12 15 10 5 4 10 2 8 7 61 54 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.75 8 1973-10-09 NLCS 4 NYM CIN L 1-2 12 8 2 2 5 7 2 1 0 48 42 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 1.50 9 1924-10-04 WS 1 WSH NYG L 3-4 12 14 4 3 6 12 2 51 43 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2.25 Games found: 9.
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Pingback by Ten Years Ago Tomorrow : WasWatching.com — October 6, 2008 @ 8:37 am
The lesson here is Astros fans are authorized to shut off the TV anytime their team goes into extra frames in the playoffs.
Comment by Tom Clancy — October 6, 2008 @ 8:45 am
As a Braves fan who remembers too well that game in 2005 with Lance Berkman, Brad Ausmus, Roger Clemens, that porch in left field, and, of course, Chris Burke, I can say that Astros fans have had at least one reason to watch a home playoff game that exceeded twelve innings.
Comment by BunnyWrangler — October 6, 2008 @ 9:57 am
So through 1988, it had happened 5 times, and the Mets were involved in 4 of them. Amazin’
Comment by gerry — October 7, 2008 @ 6:50 pm