By Marc Topkin , Times Staff Writer In Print: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The disappointment of burning off 1-0 in 16 innings towards the Red Sox remaining a few Rays declaring Sunday's as well as Monday's game had been their toughest loss. But all in which transpired good, bad as well as strange to receive fot it point if the game lastly broken at 1:54 a.m. also achieved it on the list of many memorable:
Offensive futility
Playing sixteen innings without having scoring a run seems tricky to help do, and not when you consider how inefficient the actual Rays were being offensively, becoming just about three strikes (the very same since Boston'sDustin Pedroia). They are the first team in MLB background (going back to 1919) to experience of sixteen or maybe additional innings, also to get 50 at-bats, and find no more in comparison with three hits. They had solely six baserunners (three hits, two hit batters, one walk) plus innovative just three of these to subsequent base in addition to none because far while third. The tendencies mixed strikes ended up that fewest for virtually every major-league game regarding 14 or even more innings inside live-ball period (since 1920), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. To steadiness that, the particular Rays' team-record-tying eight pitchers walked 12.
Historical context
At 5 hours as well as 54 minutes, it was the actual at best game time-wise in Rays history, harmonized your longest innings-wise adequate a 1:54 a.m. complete has been his or her most recent at Tropicana Field.
It seemed to be the 34th game within MLB record (since 1918), plus 12th inside the AL, going scoreless through as a minimum 15 innings, however the best since only April this year should the Mets and Cards ended up 0-0 through 18.
It has been your greatest 1-0 game innings-wise given that June 2004, whenever Milwaukee overcom Anaheim (with 1BCasey Kotchmanand bench coachJoe Maddon) in 17 innings regarding interleague play, plus the longest from the AL because September 1974, whenever Baltimore whip Milwaukee throughout 17.
At 5:58, it was before the particular longest send out within the 20-year record associated with ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.
Timeline
8:10 p.m.:Jeff Niemannthrows first pitch.
11:06 p.m.:Evan Longoriamakes finalized released regarding ninth inning.
12:45 a.m.: Rays TV analystBrian Andersonoff because it appeared to be an ESPN activity falls sleeping with 13th inning.
1:42 a.m.:Dustin Pedroiasingles inJosh Reddickwith just run.
1:54 a.m.:Jonathan Papelbonthrows 480th and finalized pitch.
2:04 a.m.: Later-Monday starterAlex Cobbplays snatch on discipline to acquire loose.
4:01 a.m.: Times consultants give Tropicana Field press box.
5 a.m.-ish: Rays managerJoe Maddonfalls asleep at Tampa house after watching Discovery Channel regarding an hour.
9:20 a.m.: Stadium cleaning crew finishes job plus heads out.
Novel concept
With managerJoe Maddon(for complaining within a pitching adjust related to a earlier check-swing call) plus regular coachDave Martinez(for objecting toMarco Scutaro's bat fling) ejected from the 11th inning, your Rays travelled for your company software concept, directed by simply 3B coachTom Foleyand pitching coachJim Hickey. "We were being intending Politburo at which point," Maddon said. "I've always enjoyed which word of mouth from myTom Clancynovels. So most people resolved to go directly Politburo."
Light show
2BSean Rodriguezprovided the actual oddest point in time involving that night, when his eighth-inning potent basketball struck plus pennyless this defensive covering of your lighting around the B-ring catwalk, submitting glass cascading upon that field. (And a do not lik suggestion towards the stadium sound crew pertaining to participating in the topic from The Natural thenAnnie Lennox's Walking upon Broken Glass.) "It was pretty cool," Rodriguez said. "But I reckon I failed to strike the item hard sufficient to help break the particular whole thing."
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