Longest Sally game ever goes 22 innings

Four walks in the bottom of the 22nd inning gave Lakewood the win over visiting Hagerstown, 8-7, in the completion of the longest game in South Atlantic League history on Sunday.

After 15 innings without a run, Jeremy Slayden led off the 22nd with a walk from reliever Josh Appell (0-2) and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt.

Fidel Hernandez was intentionally walked to set up the double play, and Suns reliever Grady Hinchman entered the game. Hinchman struck out Cooper Osteen, then walked Julian Williams to juice the bases and issued the pass to John Urick to end the game.

"We were on the edge of our seats every time a runner got on base," Lakewood official scorer Joe Bellina said. "It was a tense game with great pitching."

Michael Zagurski (2-2) picked up the win for one inning of work in a game that started on April 26. It was postponed after the 17th inning due to Minor League Baseball's curfew rule.

Hagerstown (12-16) chipped away at a 6-0 deficit, scoring a run on a wild pitch in the fourth. The Suns tacked on five in the fifth on a one-run single by Leivi Ventura, an RBI groundout by Hector Pellot, a two-run single by Jonel Pacheco and an error by shortstop Hernandez. They took the lead in the sixth with a one-run double by Fernando Martinez.

Lakewood (13-15) tied the game, 7-7, on a groundout by Osteen in the seventh.

Patrick Overholt tossed seven innings of scoreless relief for the BlueClaws with seven strikeouts and four walks. Starter Carlos Carrasco allowed six runs -- three earned -- on five hits over 4 2/3 innings.

Brandon Nall pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings of relief for the Suns. Starter Eric Brown allowed six runs on 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings. The teams combined for 14 pitchers in the opus.

Clay Harris, Slayden and Lou Marson all had four hits and one run scored in the win. The 23 total hits for Lakewood set a new team record.