Mets, Athletics break record for longest regular-season, nine-inning game of pitch-clock era

The 7-6 Oakland win took a whopping three hours and 45 minutes to play Thursday

By Matt Snyder Aug 15, 2024 at 5:23 pm ET• 1 min read

If you found yourself watching Thursday's matinee in Queens between the Oakland Athletics and New York Mets and thinking, "man, this feels really long," you were correct. It was the longest in the pitch-clock era, as long as we exclude extra innings (obviously) and the playoffs, where timing rules are different. 

The final score was 7-6 in favor of the A's. 

This game lasted three hours and 45 minutes. The previous record-holder -- if we can call it that -- was the Padres-Giants bout in Mexico City last year that lasted three hours and 44 minutes (per MLB's Sarah Langs). 

One might recall that the first Mexico City game finished with a 16-11 Padres win. There were 30 combined hits, including 11 home runs.