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APRIL 12 · 745 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1891–2025

On this date in 2019, San Francisco beat Colorado 3–2 in 17 innings while being out-hit 11 to 8. It took 5 hours and 35 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 745 major-league games played on April 12, from 1891 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1994-04-12	The Boston Red Sox at Kansas City	22–11	9.0
1980-04-12	The Dodgers at Houston	6–5	17.0	335 min
1980-04-12	The Boston Red Sox at Milwaukee	1–18	8.5	by 17
1927-04-12	The Philadelphia Athletics at the Yankees	3–8	8.5	72,000 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1970-04-12	The Boston Red Sox at the Washington Senators	5–6	8.5	hits 15-6
1992-04-12	The Boston Red Sox at Cleveland	1–2	8.5	hits 9-0
1994-04-12	Toronto at Oakland	4–8	8.5	hits 9-2

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

1906-04-12	The Boston Braves at Brooklyn	2–0	9.0	010000001 / 000000000
1906-04-12	The New York Giants at Philadelphia	3–2	9.0	210000000 / 010000001
1907-04-12	Brooklyn at the Boston Braves	0–1	8.5	000000000 / 10000000x

By the decades

1890s 8 · 1900s 7 · 1910s 35 · 1920s 19 · 1930s 11 · 1950s 9 · 1960s 47 · 1970s 87 · 1980s 108 · 1990s 97 · 2000s 122 · 2010s 125 · 2020s 70

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