Sixteen Innings In Greenville

Tied at 3 after nine innings, the Lake County Captains (Indians) and the Greenville Drive (Red Sox) of the South Atlantic League battled for a total of 16 innings before the visitors prevailed, 6-5 Wednesday night in Greenville, SC. It was the longest game in the minors yesterday.

Lake County scored early, taking a 3-0 lead, but Greenville drove back to tie the game in the 8th inning, before going to extra frames knotted 3-all.

Lake County's RF P. J. Hiser led off the 11th with a home run. CF Mike Conroy later drove in 3B Chris De La Cruz, who had singled following Hiser's solo shot.

In the bottom of the 11th, Greenville's DH Christopher Turner and 3B Dustin Kelly hit back-to-back homers to start the inning, but Captains pitcher Matt Davis settled down and got out of the inning.

It remained 5-5 until the 16th, when Lake County scored an unearned run following a throwing error by Greenville's Dustin Kelly that allowed Lake County 2B Jose Chavez to reach third. Chavez then scored on LF Mike Butia's grounder to short.

Christopher Turner led off the bottom of the 16th with a double, but could get no further when Lake County pitcher Julio Pinto got PH Matthew Mercurio to fly out to left, then struck out LF Michael Hall to win the game.

It was the longest game in Lake County Captains history. The team has been in East Lake, OH since 2003. It's also the Greenville Drive's longest game. The team moved to Greenville, SC from Columbia, SC last year.