extra-inning

An extra-inning matinee just 11 hours after an exhausting all-nighter?

Sloppy, Soggy and in Need of a Nap Mike Sielski 2011

Manager Joe Girardi knows that if his starter gets in trouble early Thursday or the Yankees are forced into an extra-inning Game 5, his middle relief is the best in baseball and will hold tight where other teams' bullpens might let the game slip away.

A Bullpen Bolstered by the 'Other Guys' Daniel Barbarisi 2011

After an extremely disappointing extra-inning loss on Monday night to the Florida Marlins and a rainout on Tuesday night, the Mets rebounded by sweeping a two-game set from the Washington Nationals, and they are finally starting to look like a team that can compete in the National League.

Steven Hirsch: Surging Mets Ready to Take on Struggling Yankees Steven Hirsch 2011

And Thursday, it was Gordon, not Lee, who got a standing ovation at Yankee Stadium when he walked off the mound in the sixth inning, the starting pitcher in a dramatic 3-2, extra-inning win over the Texas Rangers.

For a Day, No-Name Is No. 1 Daniel Barbarisi 2011

After an extremely disappointing extra-inning loss on Monday night to the Florida Marlins and a rainout on Tuesday night, the Mets rebounded by sweeping a two-game set from the Washington Nationals, and they are finally starting to look like a team that can compete in the National League.

Steven Hirsch: Surging Mets Ready to Take on Struggling Yankees Steven Hirsch 2011

After an extremely disappointing extra-inning loss on Monday night to the Florida Marlins and a rainout on Tuesday night, the Mets rebounded by sweeping a two-game set from the Washington Nationals, and they are finally starting to look like a team that can compete in the National League.

Steven Hirsch: Surging Mets Ready to Take on Struggling Yankees Steven Hirsch 2011

Schiller said baseball's bid addressed all the questions the IOC viewed as issues: including participation of major leaguers, compliance with World Anti-Doping Agency standards and shortening extra-inning games.

Baseball, softball strike out as IOC considers adding golf 2009

Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, Soriano, the most expensive middle reliever in baseball, showed an uncharacteristically wild side at the worst time, and it led to an extra-inning, 5-4 Yankee loss.

Bullpen Finally Slips in Loss to Twins 2011

After an extremely disappointing extra-inning loss on Monday night to the Florida Marlins and a rainout on Tuesday night, the Mets rebounded by sweeping a two-game set from the Washington Nationals, and they are finally starting to look like a team that can compete in the National League.

Steven Hirsch: Surging Mets Ready to Take on Struggling Yankees Steven Hirsch 2011

And Thursday, it was Gordon, not Lee, who got a standing ovation at Yankee Stadium when he walked off the mound in the sixth inning, the starting pitcher in a dramatic 3-2, extra-inning win over the Texas Rangers.

For a Day, No-Name Is No. 1 Daniel Barbarisi 2011