NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's pitch clock was no match for the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins.
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New York's 9-7 win Saturday nightlasted 3 hours, 49 minutes, the longest nine-inning game since thepitch clock was instituted for the 2023 season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
MLB had not had a nine-inning game that long sinceBoston's 13-9 with over Baltimore went 3:57 on Sept. 27, 2022, according to Elias.
The previous high for a nine-inning game since the pitch clock started in 2023 was 3:45 for theOakland Athletics' 7-6 win at the New York Metson Aug. 15, 2024.
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New York and Miami combined for 379 pitches by 13 pitchers, and Marlins pitchers walked 10, increasing their total to 21 in the first two games of the series. There were 21 runners left on base, including 12 by Miami.
MLB's average time of a nine-inning game dropped from 3:04 in 2022 to2:40 the following year when the clock was institutedand decreased to2:36 in 2024, its lowest since 1984's 2:35. Itrose to 2:38 last year.
The average game time passed 3 hours for the first time in 2016. It reached arecord 3:10 in 2021before the introduction of thePitchCom electronic pitch-calling devicehelped bring itdown to 3:04 in 2022.
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