On this date in 2013, Tampa Bay beat Baltimore 5–4 in 17 innings. It took 6 hours and 54 minutes.
The Committee has looked at all 1,353 major-league games played on September 20, from 1873 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.
| 1873-09-20 | NY2 at BS1 | 11–19 | ||
| 2013-09-20 | Baltimore at Tampa Bay | 4–5 | 17.7 | 414 min |
| 1898-09-20 | LS3 at the Boston Braves | 4–24 | 8.5 | by 20 |
| 1996-09-20 | Oakland at Seattle | 2–12 | 8.5 | 56,535 paid |
| 2022-09-20 | The Mets at Milwaukee | 7–5 | 9.0 | hits 4-11 |
| 1910-09-20 | The Washington Senators at Detroit | 3–4 | 8.5 | hits 9-3 |
| 1940-09-20 | Cleveland at Detroit | 5–6 | 8.5 | hits 15-9 |
| 1899-09-20 | Pittsburgh at the New York Giants | 1–5 | 8.5 | 000100000 / 00003020x |
| 1900-09-20 | Brooklyn at the New York Giants | 2–3 | 9.7 | 0000002000 / 0000002001 |
| 1902-09-20 | Detroit at the White Sox | 0–3 | 8.5 | 000000000 / 30000000x |
1870s 5 · 1880s 57 · 1890s 58 · 1900s 71 · 1910s 79 · 1920s 82 · 1930s 69 · 1940s 63 · 1950s 79 · 1960s 92 · 1970s 99 · 1980s 120 · 1990s 112 · 2000s 139 · 2010s 138 · 2020s 90
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