Yankees Win Longest Nine-Inning Game Ever

By the time the game ended, Brady Anderson was wearing his second pair of shoes and Rafael Palmeiro felt like he had been playing for three days.

Tino Martinez’s seventh-inning home run Tuesday night capped a string of eight runs in a row that lifted New York to a 13-10 victory at Baltimore in the longest nine-inning game in baseball history.

The game lasted 4 hours 21 minutes, eclipsing the previous record of 4:18 between the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants on Oct. 2, 1962.

“If you’re going to stay out there that long, you might as well win,” said New York reliever Scott Kamieniecki, whose four scoreless innings were far from the norm.

“It felt like two days and 17 hours,” said Palmeiro, the Orioles’ first baseman. “It was particularly tough because it was so cold.”

Paul O’Neill and Jim Leyritz homered for the Yankees, who overcame a five-run deficit to hand Baltimore its 10th loss in 13 games. New York had 17 hits and nine walks, including four by O’Neill.

Oriole Manager Davey Johnson, who got to watch the final hour or so on TV in the clubhouse after being ejected by home plate umpire Terry Craft, said, “We’re a little short of pitching right now. The lack of innings we’ve been getting from our starters is showing a little bit.”

Baltimore used five pitchers Tuesday, four on Monday and four on Sunday.

Down 9-4, the Yankees pulled even with a five-run fifth inning. Martinez then gave New York a 12-9 lead with his third homer, a three-run shot off Keith Shepherd (0-1).

As it was, Anderson felt like he played a month in one night.

“I had to change my shoes in the middle of the game,” he said. “My feet started hurting.”

Cleveland 5, Chicago 3--Dennis Martinez was struggling, having given up three runs in the first three innings before a computer in Cleveland turned out the lights.

After they came back on, Martinez shut down the White Sox, snapping their winning streak at seven games.

The delay lasted only 14 minutes, but after it the White Sox went hitless until Robin Ventura singled with two outs in the ninth inning.

Seattle 8, Texas 0--Chris Bosio pitched six strong innings in Arlington, Tex., and Paul Sorrento homered, giving the Mariners a major league-record 44 in April.

Bosio (3-1) gave up only four singles for Seattle, which moved into a first-place tie with the Rangers in the AL West.

Boston 13, Detroit 4--Reggie Jefferson hit two home runs and Mo Vaughn also homered for the Red Sox, who pounded out seven extra-base hits to win in Boston.

Tim Wakefield (2-3) snapped Boston’s three-game losing streak despite giving up four runs and six hits in five innings, including home runs by Mark Lewis and Travis Fryman.

Minnesota 16, Kansas City 7--Marty Cordova’s bases-loaded triple highlighted a 10-run fifth inning for the Twins, who won at home and finished with a winning record in April for the first time since 1987.

Toronto 9, Milwaukee 8--Carlos Delgado’s two-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning at Toronto gave the Blue Jays a victory.

In the ninth, Otis Nixon reached on a one-out single off Marshall Boze (0-1) and stole second base. He took third on a groundout before Delgado singled.