TODAYINBASEBALL.COM TAKES US TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MAY 9, 1984 – Every once in a while the baseball Gods decide not to let a game end. There was one of those kinds of games on this date in 1984. The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox played a game that wouldn’t end.
The Brewers and 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.
The game was tied at 1 apiece going 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. Believe it or not, the White Sox did the same. Not until Sox slugger Harold Baines’ solo home run in the 25th inning did the game end.
MIL 000 000 102 000 000 000 003 000 0 –6 20 3
CHI 000 001 002 000 000 000 003 000 1 –7 23 1
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 (by innings) in the National League, and in the Majors, was 26 innings between the Brooklyn Dodgers (today’s Los Angeles Dodgers) the Boston Braves (Today’s Atlanta Braves) in 1920. That game, however, never ended. It was declared a draw. That truly was a game that wouldn’t end.
CONTRIBUTING SOURCES:
May 8, 1984 box-score & stats
10 Longest games in baseball history
Game Length Records
