Nine Innings Not Enough For The Sweep Of Chicago As New York Wins In The Eighteenth

I wonder how many viewers were still up in the eighteenth inning when New York finally put Chicago away on Monday morning by a score of 5-4

It was a long night for both clubs as New York and Chicago closed out their series at Wrigley Field in eighteen with New York sweeping the defending world champions Chicago Cubs with Jon Lester taking on Luis Severino for seven-inning pitchers dual.

Luis Severino and Jon Lester both struck out nine although Luis Severino limited Chicago to only three hits. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/228916662/yankees-beat-cubs-in-18-innings-for-a-sweep/

New York led, 4-1, in the ninth when Chapman entered, and he walked Russell and served up a single to Jon Jay. One out later, Albert Almora Jr. and Javier Baez each hit RBI singles before Chapman struck out Schwarber. Kris Bryant was intentionally walked to load the bases, and then Chapman hit Anthony Rizzo on the left forearm to force in the tying run. Tyler Clippard replaced Chapman and got Ben Zobrist on a groundout to send the game to extras. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/228916662/yankees-beat-cubs-in-18-innings-for-a-sweep/

It took six hours and five minutes to complete this game  Wouldn't you say that is a record for the longest so far this season? It also came with a record number of strikeouts that also included more than 500 pitches from fifteen different pitchers and a catch by  Kyle Schwarber before the Cubs and Yankees settled matters Sunday night. Actually, it was early Monday morning when Aaron Hicks scored the game-winning run in the 18th inning, giving New York a 5-4 win. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/228916662/yankees-beat-cubs-in-18-innings-for-a-sweep/

The game was still tied at 1 in the seventh when Castro reached base on a throwing error by Bryant. Then rookie Aaron Judge tripled off Lester to put the Yankees back on top. An inning later, Jacoby Ellsbury launched a two-run home run off Justin Grimm to provide the three-run lead New York took into the ninth. "according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/228916662/yankees-beat-cubs-in-18-innings-for-a-sweep/

New York manager Joe Girardi had this to say about his team's performance"  "It's a gritty performance by our guys," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We had the 4-1 lead and weren't able to hold it. We had some brilliant performances by guys out of the bullpen and stretched further than they normally go. It's a crazy game." according to http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/228916662/yankees-beat-cubs-in-18-innings-for-a-sweep/

Now that the sweep of Chicago is completed, New York who improved to 20-9 on the season continues their road trip as they head to Ohio to take on  Cincinnati Monday while Chicago who drops to 16-15 travels to Denver to take on Colorado.