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Yanks take almost 5 hours to beat Boston - Yahoo! News:

The Yankees beat the
Boston Red Sox 14-11 to complete a sweep of Friday's day-night doubleheader and give New York a season-high 3 1/2-game lead in the division. At 4 hours, 45 minutes, the nightcap was the longest nine-inning game in major league history, and it came on top of a relatively speedy 3:55 afternoon contest.

"We kept looking up and it kept being the fourth inning. It was nuts," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "I'm proud of it, especially in this ballpark, where every game seems like it's the longest game in history."

The teams combined for 41 runs and 61 hits. Twenty pitchers — that's counting Mike Myers and Scott Proctor twice — threw 783 pitches. In all, the teams played 8:40 minutes of baseball, from Jason Johnson's first pitch at 1:10 p.m. until Mariano Rivera covered first to retire Wily Mo Pena at 12:52 a.m.