Indians lose to Blue Jays 7-4 in longest Opening Day game in Major League Baseball history
Jack Hannahan #9 of the Cleveland Indians watches his three run home run clear the wall during the second inning of the opening day game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Progressive Field on April 5, 2012 in Cleveland. (Photo by Jason …
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Posted: 04/05/2012
CLEVELAND - J.P. Arencibia's three-run homer in the 16th inning sent the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday in the longest opening-day game in major league history.
Arencibia was 0 for 6 with three strikeouts before connecting off Jairo Asencio.
The marathon eclipsed the previous longest openers -- 15 innings between Cleveland and Detroit in 1960 and 15 innings between Philadelphia and Washington in 1926.
Luis Perez, Toronto's seventh pitcher, pitched four scoreless innings for the win and Sergio Santos got two outs to end the 5-hour, 14-minute game.
Jose Bautista homered and hit a sacrifice fly for Toronto, which rallied for three runs in the ninth off All-Star closer Chris Perez to force extra innings.
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