article_snippet.sent: In one of the classic games of their long and illustrious rivalry, the first meeting of the season between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees lasted nearly seven hours - becoming the longest game in team history for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.
article_snippet.sent: The longest game in the history for both teams and the new Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009, pushed past 2am on the East Coast.
article_snippet.sent: the game pushed past 2am on Saturday on the East Coast .
article_snippet.sent: The longest game in the history for both teams and the new Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009
article_snippet.sent: the Boston Red Sox lasted nearly seven hours (Yankees pitcher Nathan Eovaldi during the game)
article_snippet.sent: The teams get little chance to rest, too as The teams are back at it for the middle game of the series Saturday at 1.05pm.
article_snippet.sent: Each club went to Each club final reliever in the 15th during the longest game for the Yankees by innings since a 19-inning victory over Minnesota in August 1976.
article_snippet.sent: The longest game between The teams was a 20-inning win by Boston in the second game of a 1967 doubleheader.
highlights_snippet.sent: In first meeting of the season between the rivals power outage delayed game 16 minutes in the 12th inning .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The game lasted six hours and 49 minutes pushing past 2am on Saturday East Coast time and came to an end after 19 innings .