oldtimefamilybaseball:

EPIC. BASEBALL.

Just look at that line score. The game lasted so long that the Mets logo had to posted above the two teams’ names. Crazy baseball.

Some fun facts:

• It lasted nearly seven hours.
• Scoreless for the first 19 innings, only four innings short of the record held by the (surprise!) Mets. That game was played on April 15th, 1968 and the Mets lost 1-0 to the Houston Astros.
• A total of 19 pitchers used. Nine by the Mets and ten by the Cardinals. 
• Although only eight of the Cardinals hurlers were actually pitchers. Shortstop Felipe Lopez threw a scoreless frame, and outfielder Joe Mather pitched two innings and gave up the two runs.
• A total of 652 pitches were thrown. (Assuming my math is correct.)
• The Cardinals could have won it. Ryan Ludwick ground out with two men on to end it, leaving Albert Pujols on deck. Albert also had a game that he will probably never see again. 2-5 with 4 BBs.