AJ Pollock hit a two-run homer in the 16th inning, handing the Padres their third consecutive loss. (0:19).
Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres fought 16 innings. It ended on the East Coast just before 4 a.m. when AJ Pollock, a Dodgers outfielder, hit a two-run homer in the 16th inning. This gave the Dodgers a 5-3 victory.
The game lasted five hours, 49 minutes and featured 19 pitchers. It also saw a total of 489 pitches.
Afterward, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts stated that he was "pretty beat".
He is not the only one.
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Intentionally, the Dodgers walked 11 Padres batters. L.A. is now the first team to issue more eight pitches since 1955, when the stat was first recorded. Strangely, 489 pitches were not the most used in this rivalry. The 2017 rivalry saw 525 pitches between the two teams in a 2016 9-5 Dodgers win, which lasted 17 innings.
This story was based on research from ESPN Stats and Information.
