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Red Sox Make It A Gang Of Ten

Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 6, 2008

If I'm using Play Index correctly, last night...er, make that early this morning...when the Red Sox lost, at Fenway, to the Angels in 12 innings, it was just the 10th time in baseball history that a team lost a home game in the post-season where they played 12 innings or moreThe others:

  Cnt Date          Series G Tm   Opp GmReslt  IP   H  R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS  BF  AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk Ptchrs   ERA
+----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+------+------+
       1 2005-10-25 WS     3 HOU  CHW L  5-7  14   14  7  7  9 11  2 237 149  6  0  64  53  2  0   1   2  0  0   3  2  0  0      8   4.50
       2 1999-10-08 NLDS   3 HOU  ATL L  3-5  12   12  5  5  5 18  1 197 129  0  0  51  46  1  0   2   0  0  0   2  1  0  1      4   3.75
       3 1998-10-07 ALCS   2 NYY  CLE L  1-4  12    8  4  4  4  9  1 196 126  3  2  47  42  0  1   0   1  0  0   1  0  0  0      5   3.00
       4 1996-10-05 ALDS   4 CLE  BAL L  3-4  12   14  4  4  3 23  3 211 134  2  0  53  50  2  0   1   0  0  0   0  0  1  0      7   3.00
       5 1988-10-09 NLCS   4 NYM  LAD L  4-5  12    7  5  5  6 10  2 173 112  2  0  49  42  0  0   0   0  1  0   1  4  0  2      3   3.75
       6 1986-10-15 NLCS   6 HOU  NYM L  6-7  16   11  7  7  8 11  0 236 145  2  2  64  54  2  1   2   0  1  1   2  0  0  2      5   3.94
       7 1973-10-14 WS     2 OAK  NYM L  7-10 12   15 10  5  4 10  2          8  7  61  54  1  0   1   2  1  0   0  0  0  0      6   3.75
       8 1973-10-09 NLCS   4 NYM  CIN L  1-2  12    8  2  2  5  7  2          1  0  48  42  0  0   1   0  1  0   2  0  0  1      3   1.50
       9 1924-10-04 WS     1 WSH  NYG L  3-4  12   14  4  3  6 12  2                51  43  2  0   1   0  1  1   1  1  1  1      1   2.25
   
Games found: 9.

4 Responses to “Red Sox Make It A Gang Of Ten”

  1. Ten Years Ago Tomorrow : WasWatching.com Says:

    [...] some research into the recent ALDS game between the Angels and Red Sox - which the Angels win in 12 innings! - [...]

  2. Tom Clancy Says:

    The lesson here is Astros fans are authorized to shut off the TV anytime their team goes into extra frames in the playoffs.

  3. BunnyWrangler Says:

    As a Braves fan who remembers too well that game in 2005 with Lance Berkman, Brad Ausmus, Roger Clemens, that porch in left field, and, of course, Chris Burke, I can say that Astros fans have had at least one reason to watch a home playoff game that exceeded twelve innings.

  4. gerry Says:

    So through 1988, it had happened 5 times, and the Mets were involved in 4 of them. Amazin'