Loading ...September 1, 1967: In the longest game in Reds history, Cincinnati falls to the Giants, 1-0 in 21 innings at Crosley Field. The winning run was scored when Bob Lee walked Dick Groat with the bases loaded. Gaylord Perry pitched 16 innings for the Giants, with Frank Linzy hurling the remaining five. The Res pitchers wer Mel Queen (9 1/3 innings), Ted Abernathy (3 1/3 innings), Don Nottebard (5), and Lee (3).
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Comment: Can anyone imagine a pitcher today throwing 16 innings? Heck, for some guys that’s three starts.
What’s the longest game anyone here has ever attended?
I sat through this 18 inning pitcher’s dual between the Giants and D-backs. That’s a lot of free baseball.
I went to a Sarasota Reds DH a couple of years ago, the first game went something like 15 and the second game was heading into the 10th when my wife made me leave at 12:30 (we’d be there since 6:00)…long night, but fun.