--- description: It lasted for six hours and 23 minutes title: Giants-Nats Game Longest in Postseason History image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf0c53a005cef5fe/6986a719cd6848044e096d4c/giants-nationals.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [MLB](/tag/mlb/) ## MLB Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Giants-Nats Game Longest in Postseason History  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2014 3:10 PM CUT  Brandon Belt #9 of the San Francisco Giants runs the bases after hitting a solo home run to right field in the eighteenth inning against Tanner Roark #57 of the Washington Nationals during Game Two of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park on Oct. 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. Brandon Belt #9 of the San Francisco Giants runs the bases after hitting a solo home run to right field in the eighteenth inning against Tanner Roark #57 of the Washington Nationals during Game Two of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park on Oct. 4, 2014 in Washington, DC.Patrick Smith—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2014 3:10 PM CUT The San Francisco Giants’ 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals this weekend was the [longest Major League Baseball postseason game in history](http://m.mlb.com/news/article/97621636/giants-nats-battle-in-longest-playoff-game-in-history "undefined"), going for 18 innings — literally two games’ worth of innings — and lasting for six hours and 23 minutes. The record-setting event technically spans days: the second game in the National League Division Series began around 5:37 p.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 4, but finished after midnight on Sunday, which also happens to be the birthday of Nats pitcher Tanner Roark, according to MLB.com. The previous record for longest postseason game was set in 2005, when the Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 in game four of the NLDS, which took five hours and 50 minutes. \[[_MLB_](http://m.mlb.com/news/article/97621636/giants-nats-battle-in-longest-playoff-game-in-history "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3471597/giants-nationals-game-longest-history/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3471597/giants-nationals-game-longest-history/"},"headline":"Giants-Nats Game Longest in Postseason History","datePublished":"2014-10-05T15:10:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:35:49.360Z","description":"It lasted for six hours and 23 minutes","url":"https://time.com/3471597/giants-nationals-game-longest-history/","keywords":["MLB","Baseball","major league baseball"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf0c53a005cef5fe/6986a719cd6848044e096d4c/giants-nationals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf0c53a005cef5fe/6986a719cd6848044e096d4c/giants-nationals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Division Series - San Francisco Giants v Washington Nationals - Game Two","caption":"Division Series - San Francisco Giants v Washington Nationals - Game Two","creditText":"Patrick Smith—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mlb/","name":"MLB"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3471597/giants-nationals-game-longest-history/","name":"Giants-Nats Game Longest in Postseason History"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Never-Before-Seen Footage of the 1924 World Series","description":"Washington Senators Winning the 1924 World Series","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9mAEyBPh/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-02T21:22:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9mAEyBPh.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3471597/giants-nationals-game-longest-history/","duration":"PT4M20S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3471597/giants-nationals-game-longest-history/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```