Lets Play Ball
Reposted By Danny B

Adam Hunger / USA TODAY Sports

Baseball can be a ruthless sport, both for the players on the field and sometimes for the people watching it.
Xander Bogaerts ended the longest game-by-time in Red Sox history with a sacrifice fly in the 19th inning to give Boston a 6-5 win over the New York Yankees early Saturday morning.
The game, which officially took six hours 49 minutes to play but also involved a 16-minute delay, was also the second-longest by time in Yankees' franchise history.
Both teams combined for 32 hits and an error each in front of a crowd of disappointed, sleepy Yankees fans who finally left after Garrett Jones grounded into a tight double play.
David Ortiz thought he had the game winner for Boston with a monster solo shot in the 16th inning, but Mark Teixeira answered with a homer of his own to keep the marathon going.
Boston again took the lead in the 18th on an RBI single by Pablo Sandoval. But anyone hoping to go to bed was forced back into their seat after Carlos Beltran doubled in pinch-runner John Ryan Murphy from third to tie the game at five.
The game would have ended 3-2 in favour of Boston had Chase Headley not hit a solo home run off Edward Mujica with the Yankees down to their final out in the ninth inning.