Prior to last night's Rockies-Padres marathon, the last time a game in the majors went 22 innings was in 1993 when the Twins beat the Indians 5-4. Thankfully for both teams, that game was played on August 31, so there was help on the way the next day. The game ended on a home run by Pedro Munoz off of Jason Grimsley.
Only two pitchers appeared in both games (8/31 and 9/1): Minnesota reliever George Tsamis and Cleveland reliever Eric Plunk.
Cleveland got revenge the next day with a 12-2 win over the Twins.
Wow. I don't think I've ever heard of George Tsamis. He posted a 6.19 ERA in his only major league season while playing for a small-market team that lost 91 games. That's why, I suppose, but I'm not sure that's a sufficient excuse.
If you want to see something really annoying, over on ESPN.com you can see Skip Bayless arguing that once a game goes 15 innings, teams should get an extra out. As one of the other panelists points out, it's not as if baseball is cursed by 22 inning games.
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