# Cardinals and Pirates into the 17th Inning

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinals-and-pirates-into-the-17th-inning/632004>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 19, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinals-and-pirates-into-the-17th-inning/632004 "2012-08-19T22:59:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinals-and-pirates-into-the-17th-inning/632004/1 "2012-08-19T22:59:58Z")

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If you want to watch.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinals-and-pirates-into-the-17th-inning/632004/2 "2012-08-19T23:40:00Z")

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18th coming up

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**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinals-and-pirates-into-the-17th-inning/632004/3 "2012-08-19T23:41:21Z")

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Wait 11 innings for a run, and then you get 2.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinals-and-pirates-into-the-17th-inning/632004/4 "2012-08-20T00:01:13Z")

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19th

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinals-and-pirates-into-the-17th-inning/632004/5 "2012-08-20T00:43:18Z")

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It’s over.

Mike McKenry went 0-for-8. He’s going to be hearing about that for awhile. Actually, so did David Freese. Yipes.