Red Sox/Yankees Games Lasting 16+ Innings

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have played each other 2,163 times in the regular season. Over the last 115 years, only nine of those games have lasted sixteen or more innings. Boston has won six of the nine games.

September 29, 1923 (Game 2 of Doubleheader)

Yankees - 000 010 100 000 000 0 - 2 11  1
Red Sox - 000 020 000 000 000 1 - 3 10  0

George Murray goes the distance for the Red Sox (16-11-2-6-3; 61 batters faced). Time: 3:32.

September 5, 1927 (Game 1 of Doubleheader)

Yankees - 004 200 002 000 000 030 - 11 21  2
Red Sox - 300 410 000 000 000 031 - 12 20  6

Lou Gehrig reaches base at least eight times (four hits, four walks). Retrosheet has the play-by-play. Time: 4:20.

September 9, 1962 (Game 2 of Doubleheader)

Red Sox - 000 200 200 000 000 1 - 5 12  1
Yankees - 210 000 100 000 000 0 - 4 17  1

Boston reliever Dick Radatz pitches nine innings (7th-15th innings), facing 32 batters. New York strands two men in the B16. Time: 4:33.

June 4, 1966

Yankees - 100 001 100 000 000 0 - 3  9  1
Red Sox - 011 001 000 000 000 3 - 6 14  2

Jim Gosger hits a three-run homer off Dooley Womack with one out in the B16. Time: 4:17.

April 16, 1967

Red Sox - 201 002 001 000 000 000 - 6 20  2
Yankees - 003 003 000 000 000 001 - 7 15  3

Joe Pepitone's single scores Jake Gibbs, who had walked and stolen second. Yaz goes 5-for-8, with two singles, one double, and two triples. Time: 5:50.

August 29, 1967

Red Sox - 020 000 000 010 000 000 00 - 3 12  2
Yankees - 000 100 100 010 000 000 01 - 4 17  1

In his 10th plate appearance, Horace Clarke's single off Jose Santiago scores John Kennedy. The teams combine to issue nine intentional walks. Time: 6:09.

August 2, 1978

Red Sox - 000 202 010 000 000 02 - 7 11  1
Yankees - 041 000 000 000 000 00 - 5 12  0

After New York leads 5-0, the Red Sox score seven unanswered runs, though it takes a while. Rick Burleson and Jim Rice drive in runs in the T17 off Ken Clay. Rich Gossage pitches eight innings, facing 26 batters (more than any other pitcher on either side). Time: 5:00.

April 10, 2015

Red Sox - 100 002 000 000 000 101 1 - 6 18  1
Yankees - 000 002 001 000 000 101 0 - 5 14  1

Utter insanity in only the fourth game of the season! The longest game (by time) in Red Sox history and the longest home game (by time) played by the Yankees. The final out was recorded at 2:13 AM. Time: 6:49.

July 15, 2017

Yankees - 000 000 001 000 000 3 - 4  9  0
Red Sox - 001 000 000 000 000 0 - 1  8  2