Extra innings is the procedure by which a tie is broken in the sport of baseball. To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. ... Picture of Fenway Park. ...

Ordinarily, a baseball game consists of nine innings, each of which is divided into halves: the visiting team bats first, after which the home team takes its turn at bat. However, if the score remains tied at the end of nine complete innings, the rules provide that "play shall continue until (1) the visiting team has scored more total runs than the home team at the end of a completed inning; or (2) the home team scores the winning run in an uncompleted inning." Because they bat in the second (or "bottom") half of an inning, a home team which scores to take a lead either in the ninth inning or at any point in extra innings automatically wins the game. An innings, or inning, is a segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which a side takes its turn to bat. ...

The rules of the game, including the batting order, availability of substitute players and pitchers, etc., remain intact in extra innings. Managers must display caution to avoid using all their substitute players, in case the game reaches extensive extra innings. In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager; this individual controls matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. ...

The record for most innings ever played in a single professional game is 33. On April 18, 1981, the Pawtucket Red Sox hosted the Rochester Red Wings in an International League game at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game started an hour late due to failure of a light stanchion. The game was suspended at 4:07 a.m. April 19 after 32 innings, with the score tied 2-2, upon the league president's notifying the umpires of a league rule stating that no inning should begin after 12:50 a.m. On June 23 the game was completed, and Dave Koza's RBI single off Cliff Speck in the bottom of the 33rd inning gave Pawtucket a 3-2 victory. The official time to play the game was 8 hours 25 minutes, also a professional record. The longest professional baseball game ever played was a minor league match between Rochester and Pawtucket. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... See also: 1980 in sports, other events of 1981, 1982 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing - Rick Mears won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser Formula One Champion - Nelson... In baseball, the Pawtucket Red Sox (known colloquially as the PawSox) are the AAA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and belong to the International League. ... Minnesota Twins American League AAA Rochester Red Wings AA New Britain Rock Cats A Fort Myers Miracle Beloit Snappers R Elizabethton Twins Gulf Coast League Twins The Rochester Red Wings are a minor league baseball team based in Rochester, New York. ... The International League (IL) is a minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States and Canada. ... McCoy Stadium is a Minor League baseball stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. ... Pawtucket is a city located in Providence County, Rhode Island. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Home plate umpire Gary Darling signals that the last pitch was a strike In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and meting out discipline. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ...

The longest game by innings in Major League Baseball was a 1-1 tie in the National League between the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers in 26 innings, at Braves Field in Boston on May 1, 1920. It had become too dark to see the ball (as they had to play games during the day and the sun was setting), and the game was considered a draw. MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Brooklyn Dodgers redirects here. ... Braves Field was a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Boston, Massachusetts. ... City nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Location Location in Massachusetts Government Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 89. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... See also: 1919 in sports, 1921 in sports and the list of years in sports. Baseball January 3 - Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan, beginning The curse of the Bambino. This was the prelude...

The longest American League game, and the longest major league game by innings which ended with one team winning, was a 7-6 victory by the Chicago White Sox over the Milwaukee Brewers in 25 innings, at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1984. The game was begun at 7:30 p.m. on the evening of May 8, and after scoring early runs both teams scored twice in the 8th inning; but the game was suspended after 17 innings with the score tied 3-3 due to a league rule prohibiting an inning from beginning after 12:59 a.m. The game was continued the following evening, May 9, and both teams scored three times in the 21st inning to make the score 6-6; finally, in the bottom of the 25th, the White Sox' Harold Baines hit a home run to end the contest. Tom Seaver was the winning pitcher in relief. (A regularly scheduled game followed, meaning both nights saw 17 innings played; Seaver also started, and won, the second game.) The official time of the entire 25-inning game was 8 hours 6 minutes, also a major league record. [1] The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Comiskey Park (35th Street & Shields Avenue, Chicago, Illinois) was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... See also: 1983 in sports, other events of 1984, 1985 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Harold Douglass Baines (born March 15, 1959 in Easton, Maryland) is a former right fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played in the American League from 1980 to 2001, and is best known for his three stints with the Chicago White Sox. ... For other uses of the phrase see Home run (disambiguation) In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on... George Thomas Seaver (born November 17, 1944 in Fresno, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the major leagues in 1967 and retired in 1986. ... In baseball, a pitcher is credited with a win (or W) when, in a game won by his team, he is the teams pitcher at the time that his team takes a lead that it does not relinquish for the remainder of the game. ... A relief pitcher warms up in the bullpen as the game goes on A relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness or fatigue. ...

The longest postseason major league game was played between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros on October 9, 2005. In the fourth game of a National League Division Series, the Braves (who were trailing the series by 2 games to 1 and facing elimination) took a 6-1 lead into the 8th inning. A grand slam by Lance Berkman in the bottom of the 8th brought the score to 6-5, and in the last of the 9th Brad Ausmus homered to tie the game and send it to extra innings. The score remained deadlocked at 6-6 until the 18th, when the Astros' Chris Burke homered to left field to win the game and send Houston to the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Roger Clemens, who was brought in to pinch-hit in the 15th and pitched the last three innings in relief, was credited as the winning pitcher in the 5 hour, 50 minute contest. A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion. ... The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... See also: 2004 in sports, 2005 in baseball, other events of 2005, 2006 in sports, list of years in sports. // Athletics Mens 100 metres - Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new world record of 9. ... In Major League Baseball, the National League Division Series (NLDS) determine which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. ... Grand Slam is a general sports term applied when achieving something special. ... William Lance Berkman (born February 10, 1976 in Waco, Texas) is a Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros. ... Bradley David Ausmus (born April 14, 1969 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a catcher in Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros. ... In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseballs championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series. ... * World Champion notes: St. ... William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962 in Dayton, Ohio), nicknamed The Rocket, is among the preeminent Major League baseball pitchers of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. ... Baseball In Baseball, a Pinch hitter is a common term for a substitute batter. ...

The concept of extra innings does not exist in cricket: a match that ends with both sides all out with an identical number of runs is a tie. Due to the high-scoring nature of the game this is an uncommon occurrence, having occurred only twice in the history of Test cricket and rarely in other levels of the game. Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ...