Chicagoâs Ted Lyons and Detroitâs George Uhle go 21 innings before the Tigers get a run to win, 6 â 5, in the longest game â 3 hours and 31 minutes â ever seen to date at Comiskey Park. Uhle is the winnerâ tossing 20 inningsâ with Vic Sorrell pitching the bottom of the 21st. Lyonsâ the loserâ goes the distance and gives up 24 hits. Charlie Gehringer drives in Roy Johnson with a sacrifice fly for the final run. No pitcher has matched either Lyonsâ or Uhleâs marathon effort since. Les Muellerâ in 1945â will come the closest.
Chicagoâs Ted Lyons and Detroitâs George Uhle go 21 innings before the Tigers get a run to win, 6 â 5, in the longest game â 3 hours and 31 minutes â ever seen to date at Comiskey Park. Uhle is the winnerâ tossing 20 inningsâ with Vic Sorrell pitching the bottom of the 21st. Lyonsâ the loserâ goes the distance and gives up 24 hits. Charlie Gehringer drives in Roy Johnson with a sacrifice fly for the final run. No pitcher has matched either Lyonsâ or Uhleâs marathon effort since. Les Muellerâ in 1945â will come the closest.
