WINNIPEG, CANADA – In a marathon night the Kansas City T-Bones just flat ran out of arms in a 14 inning 12-11 loss to the Winnipeg Goldeyes Saturday night at Shaw Park.

A Matt Sergey (2-2) wild pitch on an intentional walk attempt brought out the water bucket celebration for Winnipeg as they would walk off winners ending the longest game in American Association history at five hours and 25 minutes. Sergey a right-hander was pressed into action for Kansas City throwing left-handed. He was coming off a hard luck loss on Thursday where he gave up one run in a 1-0 loss. He will throw right in his next scheduled. Sergey entered the game in the bottom of the 14^th with the game tied and with Kansas City out of arms in their bullpen throwing lefty.

Kansas City might have never been in extra innings if not for Tyler Horan in the top of the ninth. Winnipeg closer Ryan Chaffee followed up his one pitch appearance from Friday night with a save chance in the ninth. With two outs Kevin Keyes looked to hit a fly ball to right to end the game but David Rohm dropped the ball to leave the inning wide open. Horan then hit his 4^th long ball of the year to tie it.

The T-Bones got off to a 5-0 start off Winnipeg starter Zach Nuding and looked to be rolling. Kansas City got three home runs in the top of the second a solo shot from Kyle Petty, a two-run shot by Joe Jackson and another two-run shot by Chantz Mack.

Winnipeg would get a seven RBI night from Andrew Sohn on a 8-for-6 night. The first pair of RBIs,  he picked up of Gabe Perez in the third on a two-run homer. The T-Bones would come back and extend the lead to 6-2 on a Leo Rojas double in the fourth and Joe Jackson drove another home an inning later to make it 7-2 on a RBI ground out.

The Goldeyes would chip away with RBIs from Josh Romanski in the fifth and from two from Sohn in the sixth to cut the lead to 7-5 going into the seventh. Luis Paula retired the first two batters he faced, but would give up a single to Shawn Pleffner then walk back to back batters to load the bases. The T-Bones would walk 10 in the nine innings of regular play and another four in extra innings with five on the walks eventually scoring.

With the sacks full the Goldeyes got a single from Mason Katz to tie the game and then a bad hope single that bounced over Jerome Pena’s head at short off the bat of Sohn gave Winnipeg a 9-7 lead.

The T-Bones would tie it in the ninth and actually take the lead in the 13^th with a bases loaded hit by pitch to Eddie Newton and a sac fly RBI from Kyle Petty off eventually winner Mitchell Lambson (4-2).  Petty also was pressed into action as a reliever and after working a scoreless twelfth he was one out away from getting a relief win when Winnipeg tied the game on an RBI single from Romanski.

Kansas City has now lost three in a row and with the loss fell two games back of Lincoln in the Central Division.  The game beat the old American Association record of game length by three minutes, when El Paso and Wichita played five hours and 22 minutes on May 20, 2011, a 15-inning affair.

The two teams will wrap up the series Sunday at 1:00pm with Kansas City trying to salvage the final game of the series. RHP Chris Perry (1-2, 5.53) will take the hill for Kansas City while RHP Mikey O’Brien (6-2, 4.73) will look to keep Winnipeg hot.

The game can be heard online on the T-Bones Broadcast Network on the T-Bones' MixLR page on the MixLR app on your phone or device, or head to tbonesbaseball.com and click “listen live”. New this trip--if you are used to following the games at home on AmericanAssociation.TV, you can listen in live there as well to the audio call of the game. 

Following the series in Winnipeg the T-Bones return home Tuesday, July 18 to open up a six-game home stand. For additional information or interview requests, members of the media may contact the T-Bones Media Relations Department at 913-328-5639. Tickets are available online, by calling (913) 328-5618 or by visiting in person the Providence Medical Center Box Office.

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