The game that wouldn't end

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - The longest game in American League history ended on this date in 1984. The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox' 25 inning marathon began at 7:30 p.m. on the 8th of May. It was halted at 12:59 a.m. due to a league curfew, and resumed later on the 9th. It was eventually won by a White Sox walk-off home run in the 25th inning.

Inning----1---------------------------------------------------25    R   H   E
MIL A  000 000 102 000 000 000 003 000 0 - 6 20 3
CHI A  000 001 002 000 000 000 003 000 1 - 7 23 1

The game was tied at 1 apiece going into the 9th. The Brewers scored 2 in the top of the inning. The White Sox matched it with 2 in the bottom. The two teams went for the next 11 innings without scoring. In the 22nd inning the Brewers scored 3 runs. The White Sox did the same. Not until Sox slugger Harold Baines solo home run did the game end. The White Sox and Brewers went 17 straight innings scoring the same number of runs.

Usually 2 hits in a game is a pretty good day, but not when you bat 10 or 11 times. Cecil Cooper, for example, had eleven at bats for the Brewers and 2 hits for a .181 batting average.

The longest game in the National League was 26 innings between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves in 1920. That game, however, never ended. It was declared a draw.

CONTRIBUTING SOURCES:
May 8, 1984 boxscore & stats
Longest games

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