LOS ANGELES -- A few minutes after exiting the field in the Dodgers' 10-7 win over the Phillies on Monday night at Dodger Stadium, manager Don Mattingly walked into a relatively crowded media room and joked to reporters.
"You guys stayed for that?"
At four hours, 13 minutes long, Monday's game was three minutes shy of the longest nine-inning game in the majors this season, three minutes shorter than the Tigers and Indians' tilt in Cleveland on April 11.
It was the second-longest Dodgers game of the season, longer than six of their seven extra-inning affairs, trailing only the June 14 comeback to beat the Padres in 12 innings in San Diego, a game that took four hours, 16 minutes.