NewsMay 30, 2017

SAUGET, Ill. -- A group of military veterans hopes their Memorial Day weekend effort to play the longest non-stop baseball game was successful. The marathon game ended about 10:20 a.m. Monday after 74 hours, 26 minutes and 52 seconds. The game started at 7:40 a.m. Friday at GCS Ballpark in Sauget. The game went for 292 innings. The blue team beat the gray team, 396-255. The game raised more than $100,000 for a St. Louis-based veterans' not-for-profit group, The Mission Continues...

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SAUGET, Ill. -- A group of military veterans hopes their Memorial Day weekend effort to play the longest non-stop baseball game was successful. The marathon game ended about 10:20 a.m. Monday after 74 hours, 26 minutes and 52 seconds. The game started at 7:40 a.m. Friday at GCS Ballpark in Sauget. The game went for 292 innings. The blue team beat the gray team, 396-255. The game raised more than $100,000 for a St. Louis-based veterans' not-for-profit group, The Mission Continues.

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