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Mets edge out Cardinals after 20 innings
By: Bill O'ReillyApril 19, 2010
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Yahoo! Sports: Actually, "marathon" isn't quite the right word to describe Saturday's game between the Mets and Cardinals, because no respectable distance runner would ever need six hours and 53 minutes to finish a 26.2 mile race. It would be more appropriate to say that New York and St. Louis engaged in an epic filibuster on Saturday. The 20-inning contest featured 35 stranded runners, 19 different pitchers (two of whom were actually position players), and the longest scoreless stretch in the major leagues in over 20 years. It was hardly a clinic, nor was it a fantasy smorgasbord. The Cards left the bases loaded three times in extra innings. The top six spots in the Mets' lineup combined to go 3-for-41.
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