Comments on: Mets – Cards Play Really Long Game

By: Djibouti

Djibouti — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:22:15 +0000

My favorite part of the game would have to be that in the 19th and 20th innings the Cardinals had an outfielder pitching (Mather) and a pitcher playing left field (Lohse). You have to wonder what would have happened if LaRussa had gone with a starter in long relief instead of position players.

By: tmckelv

tmckelv — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:18:49 +0000

1974 Game - Thank God there was a botched pickoff play (2 errors - 1 by the pitcher and 1 by the catcher??? only the 1970's Mets) that allowed Bake McBride to score from first!!! Otherwise the game might still be going on. I love 1970's baseball and this game features a cuple dozen of my favorite ball players. The Cardinals had a pretty good team (Brock, Sizemore, R. Smith, Torre, Simmons, McBride, Rietz, and Tyson is a nice lineup, with J.Cruz, K. Hernandez, Hunt and Herndon off the bench. I also enjoy many of the Mets - Harrelson, Millan, Milner, etc. Ray Bare must have been embarrased with his 1/3 of an inning while the 17-year vet Osteen pitched 9+ (with 4 AB's).

By: Tim R.

Tim R. — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:50:23 +0000

One of my favorites, the late Rick Mahler, pitched 8 or 9 scoreless innings in relief to get the win over the Cards in, I believe, 1987. The losing pitcher was infielder Jose Oquendo who went 3 innings.

By: mikeyjax

mikeyjax — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:27:08 +0000

Courtesy of the Cards pre-game notes......the last time the Cards played a 20 inning game before Saturday....was 4/27/03.....Also of note that day is the fact that Kevin Milwood threw a no-hitter.....Curiously the Mets Notes were not published Sundau...perhaps they slept in? The game started at 7pm CT--- What's up with that?

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:30:15 +0000

Bob Apodaca, who had 3 innings of scoreless relief for the Mets, is now the pitching coach for Ubaldo Jimenez and the Rockies....

By: Raphy

Raphy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:05:42 +0000

Regarding 7. Andy -I don't know the last time, but according to this ( http://reconditebaseball.blogspot.com/2009/08/previous-installments-can-be-found-here.html ) it was done by the Expos on 7-20-1990.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU199007200.shtml

By: Raphy

Raphy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:40:34 +0000

Regarding 11. You could find it, if you piece together multiple Batting Event searches (RBI filtered for inning 10+. The good news is that if you choose to do it, the csv option can be very helpful. Sorry that I can't give you an easier answer

By: mikeyjax

mikeyjax — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:21:08 +0000

In scores from around the league.....

Has anybody else noticed that the NYC had a long day of baseball watching back on that day in '74? Look what the Yanks - they played a double-header with the 1st game going........17... wow!

By: TheGoof

TheGoof — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:00:55 +0000

Is there a way to find out the player with the most extra-inning RBI, or even better, RBI from the 15th inning onwards?

By: Baseball In-Depth

Baseball In-Depth — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:21:48 +0000

The Mets were only 1 pitcher away from tying the all-time record with 11.