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unusual facts about Extra innings


Extra innings

Due to the high-scoring nature of the game, tied matches are very uncommon, having occurred only twice in the history of Test cricket and rarely in other levels of the game.


Hubie Brooks

The game went into extra innings, and was won by the National League when Brooks and Ozzie Virgil scored on Tim Raines' triple in the thirteenth inning.

Ken Reitz

On September 11, 1974, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, with the Cardinals trailing 3-1 with two out in the ninth and pinch runner Larry Herndon on base, he hit a home run off starter Jerry Koosman to send the game into extra innings.


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