7-inning doubleheaders debut in MLB, Reds top Tigers 4-3
(World News USA)

DETROIT (AP) — In the opener of the first seven-inning doubleheader in Major League Baseball history, Shogo Akiyama hit an RBI single in the seventh that sent the Cincinnati Reds over the Detroit Tigers 4-3 Sunday. It was strange from the start — the scoreboard at Comerica Park listed nine innings instead of the usual seven. There was no seventh-inning stretch — or even fifth-inning break — in a game that took 2 hours, 26 minutes. The start of the game was delayed more than two hours because of rain.- Advertisement - MLB...