On April 25 2006, Preston Wilson ends the longest regular-season game in Minute Maid Park history when he hits a sacrifice fly in the 14th inning of Houston’s 4 – 3 victory over the Dodgers. Willy Taveras scores the winning run in the 4-hour, 48-minute game. In Game 3 of last year’s World Series, the Chicago White Sox beat Houston, 7 – 5, in a game that took 5:41.
Michael Tucker’s two-out double in the 9th breaks up Alan Benes’ no-hitter. Benes, unfortunately, is matched against Greg Maddux, who holds the Cards scoreless for eight innings. The Braves finally push across a run in the 13th on Andruw Jones’ infield dribbler to beat Cardinals reliever John Frascatore, 1 – 0. The teams combine for 33 strikeouts, three shy of matching the National League record for an extra-inning game set by the Giantsand Mets in a 23-inning contest in 1964.
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May 16, 1997
