Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Total game time of Monday’s 14-inning doubleheader: four hours, 36 minutes
Total game time of Tuesday’s nine-inning single game: four hours, nine minutes
Wait, what? It took almost as long to play nine innings Tuesday as 14 innings Monday?
Yes, and that actually wound up being a good thing, because the patient Cubs saw 207 pitches from Cardinals hurlers (in only eight innings!) in completing a 6-3 win over the visitors from St. Lous Tuesday evening at Wrigley Field. It was the third-longest nine-inning game by time in Cubs franchise history. Only this Cubs/Cardinals game last September 21 (4:24) and this Cubs/Brewers game May 11, 2000 (4:22) have been longer…
