CHICAGO -- Starlin Castro drove in Aaron Hicks with a fielder's choice in the 18th inning as the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 early Monday morning in Major League Baseball's longest interleague game ever by innings. The teams combined for a major league-record 48 strikeouts in baseball's longest game of the season by innings, wrapping up in a tidy 6 hours, 5 minutes. The Cubs trailed 4-1 before rallying in the ninth against Aroldis Chapman, who helped them win the World Series last year for the first time since 1908. The Yankees (20-9) improved to 19-5 since they opened the season with four losses in five games. Multiple media reports indicated the penalty stemmed from the pitcher failing to show up at the ballpark Saturday.

Source: The China Post May 08, 2017 07:07 UTC