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Pilots Outlast Oilers In 21-Inning Marathon

Longest game in Alaska Baseball League lasted over five hours on summer solstice

June 21, 2012|By Kevin Wells | Channel 2 Sports

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Anchorage Glacier Pilots and Kenai Peninsula Oilers tied for the longest game in Alaska Baseball League history on Wednesday night, playing a 21-inning contest that lasted well over five hours. 

Matt Daugherty scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 21st inning to end the marathon and give the Pilots a 4-3 win. 

The teams combined to use 15 pitchers and three players batted nine times. 

Among the heroes for the Pilots was pitcher Luke Bublitz, who tossed 8 and a third innings of scoreless relief.

The game ties an ABL record for innings played, also held by a Pilots' game against a team from Kamloops, British Columbia in June of 1992. 

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