13 Innings In Georgia, New Hampshire

Two games went 13 innings Saturday, tying for longest in the minors.

In Rome, GA, the Braves beat the Augusta Greenjackets in a South Atlantic League (Class A) contest.

In Rome, Ga., Eric Campbell led off the bottom of the 13th inning with a double to right field and scored the winning run on a Joshua Morris' single, lifting the Rome Braves past the Augusta GreenJackets, 3-2 on Saturday.

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[wrapups: Rome Braves, Augusta Chronicle]

In Manchester, NH, they also played 13 innings. And again, the home team won on a 13th-inning single.

Manny Mayorson’s 13th inning single scored Ryan Klosterman to give the New Hampshire Fisher Cats a 5-4 victory over the Trenton Thunder before 6,021 fans at MerchantsAuto.com Stadium.

Klosterman beat out an infield single against Gerardo Casadiego (1-1) leading off the bottom of the 13th. After Curtis Thigpen laid down a sacrifice bunt, Dustin Majewski (2-for-3, HR, 4 BB) was intentionally walked for the second time in the game. Mayorson drilled a hit-and-run single to right-centerfield, easily scoring Klosterman to give the Fisher Cats their ninth win in 16 meetings with Trenton (65-54), salting away the season series in the longest game of the season (4:06).

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The Fisher Cats and Thunder play in the Eastern League (Double-A).

[wrapups: New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Trenton Thunder]