NEW YORK (AP) — Chase Headley and Mark Teixeira hit tying home runs for the New York Yankees, extending their first meeting of the season with the rival Boston Red Sox into the 17th inning early Saturday morning.
After a power outage interrupted the game for 16 minutes in the 12th, David Ortiz hit a solo homer to break a 3-all deadlock in the 16th. But then Teixeira, batting from the right side against right-handed knuckleballer Steven Wright, led off the bottom half with a no-doubt drive to left field.
The longest game in the history of the new Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009, pushed well past 1 a.m. on the East Coast.
Headley’s solo shot off fill-in closer Edward Mujica came with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Neither team could break through again until Ortiz launched an 0-2 pitch from Esmil Rogers to right-center.
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