Pollock’s Homer Sends Dodgers to 5-3 Win Over Padres in 16 Innings

Pollock’s Homer Sends Dodgers to 5-3 Win Over Padres in 16 Innings
The San Diego Padres play the Los Angeles Dodgers during the fifteenth inning of a baseball game in San Diego, Calif. on Aug. 26, 2021. AP Photo/Gregory Bull
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SAN DIEGO, Calif.—After 16 innings that took 5 hours and 49 minutes to play, featuring 489 pitches by 19 pitchers who stranded a combined 35 baserunners, the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers finally got to celebrate.

AJ Pollock led off the 16th with a two-run homer and the Dodgers outlasted the struggling San Diego Padres 5-3 early Aug. 26 in by far the longest major league game since pandemic rules were implemented last year.