MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers might have been the last team in the Major Leagues to play an extra-inning game this season, but they sure made it worth the wait.\n\nYou wouldn’t have guessed it was the National League’s bottom two pitching staffs squaring off Saturday in the longest game by innings in Miller Park’s 19 years of operation, a 4-3 Brewers win in 18 innings that finally ended when
“That’s one of those ones you so badly want to win, because if you do win, it feels like you won two or three games. And if you lose, it feels like you lost 10,” said Braun. \n\nMets slugger
Along the way, Miller Park’s racing sausages made a record three appearances, running in the middle of the sixth, 12th and 18th innings. Midway through the 14th, fans stood for a second round of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and “Roll Out the Barrel.” \n\n“There's no way you can say you've seen \\[a game\\] like that,” said Brewers manager Craig Counsell. “We had 11 hits, and one guy had six of them, which should say everything about how crazy this game was.” \n\nIn the bottom of the 18th, the Mets’ last reliever,
This time, Braun hit a ground ball 106.7 mph off the bat, according to Statcast, for his eighth career walk-off hit. \n\n\"We take the lead, we go out there with momentum, to have a loss like that is a big letdown on my part,” said Flexen. “I failed to do my job.\"\n\n“Just a crazy game. A special one for me; a special one for us,” said Braun. “When you’re 0-for-7 in the 18th inning like Yasmani and Travis were, for both of them to draw walks in that situation and grind those at-bats is something that could be the difference in our season. This was one of those days where we could have thrown in the towel once we got behind, but guys grinded and got me an opportunity there.” \n\nBraun has been making the most of opportunities on this homestand. Just days ago, he was slashing .194/.248/.378 and looked to be losing playing time to outfielder
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