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APRIL 11 · 712 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1891–2025

On this date in 1992, The Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland 7–5 in 19 innings while being out-hit 20 to 14. It took 6 hours and 30 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 712 major-league games played on April 11, from 1891 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1993-04-11	Montreal at Colorado	19–9	9.0
1992-04-11	The Boston Red Sox at Cleveland	7–5	19.0	390 min
1912-04-11	The New York Giants at Brooklyn	18–3	6.0	by 15
1981-04-11	Milwaukee at Cleveland	5–3	9.0	71,067 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1989-04-11	St. Louis at the Cubs	4–5	8.5	hits 12-5
1915-04-11	PTF at KCF	2–5	8.5	hits 10-4
1959-04-11	The Milwaukee Braves at Pittsburgh	4–3	9.0	hits 6-12

The Mirror Game — a line score this date shares with another day

1907-04-11	Cleveland at Detroit	0–2	8.5	000000000 / 00010001x
1907-04-11	The White Sox at the St. Louis Browns	0–1	8.5	000000000 / 00000100x
1912-04-11	Detroit at Cleveland	2–3	10.7	00000200000 / 01010000001

By the decades

1890s 2 · 1900s 7 · 1910s 18 · 1920s 8 · 1930s 1 · 1950s 7 · 1960s 49 · 1970s 94 · 1980s 103 · 1990s 108 · 2000s 132 · 2010s 125 · 2020s 58

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