The Daily Numbers (Phillies Marathon Edition): 19 innings, what it took for the Phils and Reds to decide their game last night.
6 hours, 11 minutes, the length of the game, which started at 7:05 and ended after 1 a.m.
9 pitchers used by Phils manager Charlie Manuel, ending with second baseman Wilson Valdez on the hill. He got the win.
7 pitchers used by Dusty Baker and the Reds.
2000, last time a position player got a win in a Major League ballgame.
13 hits for the Phils in the marathon encounter.
7 innings for starter Roy Halladay, who was trailing when he left the game.
5 shutout innings in relief pitched by the Phils Danys Baez.
0 for 7 for Reds third baseman Scott Rolen.
1 for 8 for Phils Placido Polanco.
1:05, when the teams return this afternoon for a Businessperson's Special.
Call me a Phanatic: Raise your hand if you were still awake for the end of the game? Thougth so. Don't feel bad. It didn't make the print edition of the newspaper either.
I Don’t Get It: People who don't understand baseball. As Richie Ashburn once said, every night you come to the park and just might see something you've never seen before.
Today’s Upper: To Wilson Valdez, the winning pitcher for the Phils last night.
Quote Box: “It was funny, but he got it done."
- Ryan Howard, on the effort on the mound by Valdez.
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