Kent State ? Kentucky 21-inning Game Notebook

Marathon Sees Plenty Of Unique Marks… Friday?s Kentucky-Kent State 21-inning game at the Gary Regional marked the first extra inning game of this year?s NCAA Tournament, but the fact that it was the first extra inning game didn?t even begin� to scratch the surface of its significance. The game, won 7-6 by the No. 3 seed Kent State, is the second longest in NCAA Tournament history. The only game to go longer was the 2009 25-inning game at the Austin Regional that saw Texas defeat Boston College 3-2. Texas would go on to a national runner-up finish at that year?s College World Series. The game began at 3:01 pm Central Time and ended at 9:38 pm for a total time of six hours and 37 minutes. Each team sent five pitchers to the mound in Friday?s game. Kentucky?s A.J. Reed, a freshman from Terre Haute, Ind making his return to his home state, had the longest outing of any of the 10 hurlers with his team?s last 9.0 innings on the mound. Kent State starter David Starn had his team?s longest stint on the mound with 6.0 IP. A total of 678 pitches were thrown in the game. Reed and [...]

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