A tie game stretched deep into the night, positions got scrambled, and sleep became optional.
On June 4, 1989, the Astros and Dodgers played 22 innings over 7 hours and 14 minutes, the longest night game by time in National League history. Los Angeles led 3-0 early before Houston clawed back to tie it 4-4 in the sixth, and somehow neither team scored again for the next 15½ innings. Finally, at 2:50am, the Astros won on one of the strangest game-ending plays baseball has ever seen.
🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage:
The winning hit involved a third baseman pitching and a pitcher playing first
The “next” game started only hours later and somehow lasted 13 innings too
One Astro skipped going home entirely before the afternoon rematch
🕵️ Replay Today: May 9, 1976
See one original newspaper page giving a snapshot of baseball as fans saw it that day.
Catfish Hunter and the Yankees lost a controversial one-run game in Oakland after a disputed play at third base— and the argument spilled directly into the game story.
One of baseball’s most durable pitchers suddenly saw his season end with a devastating injury, and the emotional photo beside the article makes the moment even more striking.
Cincinnati’s lineup unleashed a jaw-dropping power display — six home runs in one afternoon — and the box score reads like a Big Red Machine highlight reel.
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