13 Innings In Springfield

The longest game of the night in the minors was a 13-inning Texas League affair in Springfield, MO. The visiting Frisco RoughRiders beat the Springfield Cardinals 5-4.

Both teams had some chances in extra innings, but it wasn’t until Yan’s second hit of the game broke the 4-4 tie and eventually ended the three-hour and fifty seven minute affair.

Yan actually had another go-ahead hit, as his ninth-inning single against Mark Worrell gave the RoughRiders a 3-2 lead. After a Tim Hulett double plated another run in the ninth, the Riders couldn’t hold on in the last of the ninth inning.

Frisco closer Jesse Ingram didn’t get all the help he needed behind him, as Iker Franco’s ground ball to shortstop Enrique Cruz was booted for an error. After a walk to Jarrett Hoffpauir, Mike McCoy’s sac bunt moved runners to second and third with one out. Ingram struck out Shaun Boyd for the second out, but then walked Reid Gorecki to load the bases. That brought Nick Stavinoha to the plate, who finished a home run shy of the cycle. Stavinoha ripped a 3-2 pitch into the hole on the left side, scoring two to tie the game at 4-4.

It was Springfield's longest game of the year.