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Pawtucket Red Sox vs. Rochester Red Wings
April 18 - June 23, 1981 - 33 Innings
PROFESSIONAL RECORDS SET:
• MOST PUTOUTS - one team - 99 (Pawtucket)
• MOST PUTOUTS - both teams - 195 TIME - 8:25
• MOST AT BATS - one team - 114 (Pawtucket)
• MOST STRIKE OUTS - one team - 34 (Rochester
Batters)
• MOST AT BATS - both teams - 219
• MOST STRIKE OUTS - both teams - 60
• MOST ASSISTS - both teams - 88
• MOST "CHANCES ACCEPTED" - one team - 142 (Rochester)
• MOST "CHANCES ACCEPTED" - both teams - 283
• MOST INNINGS - 33 PITCHES THROWN - Rochester 423,
Pawtucket 459, Total 882
• MOST AT BATS - Dave Koza, Lee Graham, Chico Walker
- 14 (Pawtucket)
• MOST PLATE APPEARANCES - Tom Eaton, Cal Ripken,
Dallas Williams - 15 (Rochester)
| Official Box Score |
| Rochester |
|
Pawtucket |
| Player |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
|
Player |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Eaton,
2B |
10 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Graham,
CF |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Williams,
CF |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Barrett,
2B |
12 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Ripken,
3B |
13 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Walker,
LF |
14 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Corey,
DH |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Laribee,
DH |
11 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Chism,
PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Koza,
1B |
14 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
| Rayford,
C |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Boggs,
3B |
12 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| Logan,
1B |
12 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Bowen,
RF |
12 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Valle,
1B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Gedman,
C |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Bourjos,
LF |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Ongarato,
PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hale,
LF |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
LaFrancoic,
C |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Smith,
LF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Valdez,
SS |
13 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Hazewood,
RF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hart,
RF |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bonner,
SS |
12 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Huppert,
C |
11 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Putman,
PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Totals |
105 |
2 |
18 |
2 |
|
Totals |
114 |
3 |
21 |
3 |
| •
No out when run scored. |
| •
E - Eaton, Logan, Bonner, Valdez. DP - Rochester 4,
Pawtucket 3. |
| •
LOB - Roch. 30, Pawt.23. 2B - Koza 2, Walker, Boggs,
Huppert. SB - Eaton. |
| •
S - Williams 2, Logan, hart, Huppert 2. SF - Laribee. |
| Rochester |
|
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| Jones |
|
8.2 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
| Schneider |
|
5.1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| Luebber |
|
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Umbarger |
|
10 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| Grilli (L) |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Speck |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Pawtucket |
|
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| Parks |
|
6 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
| Aponte |
|
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
| Sarmiento |
|
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Smithson |
|
3.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| Remmerswaal |
|
4.1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Finch |
|
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Hurst |
|
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
| Ojeda
(W) |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| • Parks
pitched to 3 batters in the 7th; Grilli pitched to 3
batters in the 33rd |
| •
Speck pitched to 1 batter in the 33rd. WP - Jones, Smithson,
Hurst. |
| • HBP
- Schneider (Laribee), Parks (Eaton), Aponte (Bonner),
Grilli (Barrett). |
Pawtucket Wins in 33 Innings!
Baseball's famous "Longest Game" between the Rochester Red
Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox lasted a record 33 innings
and took more than eight hours over two different days to
complete.
It began on a frigid April 18th evening at McCoy Stadium and
was halted at 4:09am by order of I.L. President Harold Cooper.
On June 23rd, Dave Koza, who entered the game as the best
hitter in the contest at 4-for-13, hit a 2-2 curve ball from
reliever Cliff Speck into left field to score Marty Barrett
and give the Pawtucket Red Sox a 3-2 victory over the Rochester
Red Wings. Koza's single came with the bases loaded and none
out as the Paw Sox managed to end the contest on their first
at-bat in the bottom of the 33rd inning.
"Having the bases loaded was a dream for me," said Koza, who
had scored one of the other Pawtucket runs on April 18-19.
"I think anyone would have liked to have been in my shoes."
Pawtucket's Bob Ojeda, the team's eighth hurler, gave up a
one-out single to Cal Ripken, Jr. in the 33rd but retired
Floyd Rayford on a strikeout and John Valle on a soft fly
to left and got credit for the win to improve his record to
9-5.
Pawtucket wasted no time against loser Steve Grilli, the fifth
Rochester pitcher, who was with Syracuse when the two teams
bagan this marathon game. Grilli hit Barrett with his first
pitch and Chico Walker followed with a hit-and-run single
to center, moving Barrett to third. Grilli walked Russ Laribee
intentionally to fill the bases before giving way to Speck,
who lasted four pitches.
It took just 18 minutes on June June 23rd to finally end the
contest. The game, which drew national attention because of
the baseball strike and the historical nature of the event,
attracted a near sellout crowd of about 5,800 to McCoy Stadium.
The Longest Game
Reprinted from The
Longest Game by Steve Krasner
"When we walked off the field at 4 o'clock in the morning,
it was like, 'You mean we're not done with the game yet?'"
--Pawtucket catcher Rich Gedman
"I wanted 40 innings so nobody could ever tie our beautiful
record."
--Pawtucket manager Joe Morgan
"I remember striking out Cal Ripken on a 3-and-2 breaking
ball at 4 o'clock in the morning, and I don't think he ever
forgave me."
--Pawtucket's Bruce Hurst, who pitched
the 27th-32nd innings
"I've been watching for the bunt for 23 innings now."
--Rochester third baseman Cal Ripken
Jr., wearily replying to relief pitcher Jim Umbarger's instruction
"Nothing I ever do in life will probably compare to this."
--Pawtucket's Dave Koza, after his
historic winning hit
"A lot of people were saying , 'Yeah, yeah, we tied it, we
tied it!' And then they said, 'Oh, no, what did you do? We
could have gone home!'"
--Pawtucket's Wade Boggs on his
game-tying hit in the 21st inning
"It sank in the next day. Man, we just played 32 innings of
baseball. We joked about it. We had smiles on our faces. I
was thankful I was a baseball player and on the field that
night. As time went by, I appreciated it more."
--Rochester's Dallas Williams
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