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SOUTH EDITION i Bake's Daring Run Ends Baseball's Longest Night By VITO STELLINO i News Staff Writer At 13 minutes and 40 seconds past 3 AM EDT today after 25 innings of baseball that lasted 7 hours and 4 minutes John Mil ner of the New York Mets swung and missed It was i a over The longest night game and the second longest game in the history of baseball was in the record books The St Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets who have something of a fetish for these marathon affairs played for 25 innings before Bake daring run gave the Cards a dramatic 4 3 triumph Only the famous 26 inning 1 1 tie between Brooklyn and Bos ton in 1920 lasted longer in in nings The 7:04 clocking made it the second longest in time The Mets lost to the Giants in 7 hours and 23 minutes in 1964 in a 23 inning battle THE PREVIOUS longest night game was a 24 inning marathon the Mets lost to Houston in 1968 So the Mets have played three of the seven longest games in history 23 24 and 25 innings and have lost all three The game was televised in New York and only a few insomniacs and a hardy band of the 13460 fans who were on hand at Shea Stadium when it started were still watching when it ended Among faithful were Commissioner and Mrs Bowie Kuhn who watched it all from alongside the Met dugout and it may be a while before the commissioner suggests to his wife that they go to a badseball game again THE MAN who was responsi ble for keeping it going was Mets started the 25th and took the loss There were very few scoring opportunities throughout extra innings However the Mets left the bases loaded in both the 23rd and 24th innings and the Cards also left three men on in their half of the 24th THE CARDS also had two on and none out in the 20th inning when Met Manager Yogi Berra was ejected after arguing an obstruction call against i catcher Duffy Dyer who went 23 innings before being lifted for a pinch runner But Duffy then picked Reggie Smith off second base to kill that rally Lou Brock of the Cardinals did not steal a base during his 19 innings as he went for 9 and caught stealing for the 30th time in the JOth inning Cleon home run came after elix Millan had opened the fifth inning with an infield single and gave the Mets a 3 1 lead Jones lined Bob 2 ball 2 strike delivery over the left field wall ST LOUIS scored its first Records Broken Tied In Marathon rom News Wire Services NEW YORK Sept Here are the records set or tied Wednesday night in the St Louis 25 inning 4 3 victory over the New York Mets in their National League baseball game at Shea Stadium: Major League Records Set Longest night game time 7 hours 4 minutes Longest night game innings 25 Most batsmen 202 (New York 103 St Louis Most at bats 89 New York Most at bats both clubs 175 (New York 89 St Louis 86) Most left on base both clubs 45 (New York 25 St Louis 20) Most plate appearances game 12 elix Millan John Milner Major League Records Tied Most at bats 11 Dave Schneck New York Most intentional bases on ball both clubs 7 (New York 4 St Louis 3) NL Records Set Most players 26 St Louis Most players both clubs 50 (St Louis 26 New York 24) Totals 89 3 16 3 SO 2 1 3 3 3 0 3 8 2 0 5 0 2 3 0 4 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 14 0 9 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 0 2 1 10 0 0 0 110 2 0 2 0 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 10 10 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 7 bb 4 0 0 SB McBride vicariae iP6 2 3 2 1 3 Minor Baseball RESULTS WEDNESDAY: INTERNA TIONAL Syracuse 9 Richmond 8 (Syracuse leads best of seven semi final playoff series 3 0) Memphis 6 Roch ester 4 (Memphis leads best of seven series 2 1) SOUTHERN Knovllle I Jacksonville 0 (Knoxville wins best of seven final playoff series 3 2) JUIICJ HJJknncman Julies er 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 run in the first when with one out Koosman walked Ted Size more and Reggie Smith Joe Torre followed with a line sin gle to left to score Sizemore New York evened things in the bottom half of the first With one away Millan reached on an error by Mike Tyson and was forced at second by Jones After a wild pitch double up the right Centerfield alley scored Jones ST LOUIS NEW YORK 3 Brock If Godby If Sizemor 2b Smith rf Torre lb Simmons Herndon pr Hill Schenblm ph Billings Reitz 3b Tyson ss Hernandz ph olkers uruz pn Bare Osteen Siebert orsch is Melendez Garman i Hunt oh Hrabosky Dwyer ph Heldemnn ss i mais ir5t base on obstruction by carcner Tyson Schneck Dyer Osteen Webb Louis 1 New Rork 2LOB St Louis 20 New Rork 25 2B Milner Schneck 2 HR Jones (13) Doit ZZi orsch Millan orsch Garman Hrabosky olkers Bare Osteen Siebert W8 8 Koosman Parker Miller Apodaca Cram Webh I 0 1 HBP by Koosman tuwyerj WP orsch Simmons 7:04 A 13460 2 0 0 0 Boswell 3b' IU I i 8 0 10 X9 0 2 1 3 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 McBride cf 10 1 4 0 1U I 4 2 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 5 86 4 18 3 ph 4 1 (Tyson) by Parker Koosman Cram PB ab bi ab bi 9 0 10 Harrelson ss 7 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infield chopper up the mid dle off rookie Hank Webb to start the 25th McBride then took a big lead because the Cards were going to try a hit and run and Webb tried to picked him off throw was wild and went into short rightfield in foul territo ry Milner retrieved the ball and fired to the plate when McBride decided to gamble for it all instead of stopping at third with none out RCA XLrIOO 100 Solid State Color TV diagonal The LEXINGTON Model GT704 diagonal Colonial console Authentic detailing The PROJECT 1 7 Model EI396 I diagonal XL 1OO 10096 Solid State Color TV diagonal THROW seemed to have him but catcher Ron Hodges who entered the game in the 24th dropped the ball for an error as McBride slid across think he would have gotten me McBride insisted "He was in front of the plate and I slid behind Sonny Siebert retired Mets in the last of the 25th striking out Milner for the final out to end it It was a big victory In the Eastern Division pennant race for the Cards because they gained 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JT1 I OSTEEN CAME in the 14th inning and gave way in the 23rd inning to Siebert who pitched innings to pick up the victory and even his won loss record at 8 8 or New York Harry Park er who started the 10th pitch ed three innings Bob Miller pitched one inning Bob Apoda ca pitched three and Cram came on in the 17th Cram was lifted for a pinch hitter in the 24th and Webb making his first appearance this season for the Nine Men Played 25 Innings rom News Wire Services NEW YORK Sept 12 ifty players played in the 25 inning marathon base ball game between the St Louis Cardinals and New York Mets which ended at 3:13 AM today However nine played all the way through If Ken Reitz Bake Mc Bride Joe Torre Reggie Smith and Ted Sizemore of the Cardinals and elix Millan Dave Schneck John Milner and Wayne Garrett of the Mets look a bit drowsier than usual tonight to be par doned Also excuse Ed 1 and his umpiring crew who were on their feet all 7 hours and 23 minutes of the game Sudol incidentally has now been the plate umpire in 23 24 and 25 inning games all involving the Mets Maybe that explains why his patience was a little thin in the 20th inning when he ejected Mets Manager Yogi Berra for repeatedly kicking dirt on home plate while protesting an ob struction call RCA XL 100 1OO Solid State Color TV diagonal ThePROJtCTA 1 5 Model ET354 A A (AAE de 1 5" diagonal Great for the den uVv a picture 1 tube system Giant 25" Wta(i) consoles with values to match! 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