Raul Ibanez ended the longest game in the history of Citizens Bank Park when his sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the 19th inning gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-4 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.
Second baseman Wilson Valdez (1-0), who had never pitched professionally at any level, moved to the mound for the top of the 19th and tossed a scoreless frame. By doing so, he became the first position player since Brent Mayne of the Colorado Rockies (2000) to secure a win as a pitcher.
The game lasted 6 hours and 11 minutes.
Carlos Fisher (0-1) was in his sixth inning of relief in the 19th when he lost his command, allowing a leadoff single to Jimmy Rollins and then walking Domonic Brown. Placido Polanco advanced the runners with a bunt and Ryan Howard was intentionally walked in front of Ibanez, who lifted a deep fly to center field to plate Rollins from third.
Jay Bruce had given the Reds a 4-3 lead with his 13th homer in the top of the 10th, but Howard responded in the bottom of the frame with a blast of his own to keep the game going.
Cincinnati | Philadelphia | |
Travis Wood | Player | Roy Halladay |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
2 | Strikeouts | 6 |
6 | Hits | 11 |
4.50 | ERA | 3.86 |
Cincinnati | Philadelphia | |
Jay Bruce | Player | Wilson Valdez |
3 | Hits | 3 |
3 | RBI | 0 |
1 | HR | 0 |
6 | TB | 4 |
.375 | Avg | .500 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Cincinnati | 15 | 1 | 19 | .214 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Philadelphia | 13 | 2 | 23 | .200 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 |