Giants, Nationals head to 15th inning in NLDS

WASHINGTON (AP) The San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals tied for the longest postseason game in baseball history, heading to the 18th inning tied at 1 Saturday night in Game 2 of their NL Division Series.

The game matched the 18 innings that Atlanta and Houston played in the 2005 NLDS.

This game at Nationals Park became the longest - by time - in postseason at nearly six hours. The Braves and Astros went 5 hours, 50 minutes in their marathon.

San Francisco leads 1-0 in this best-of-five matchup.

Washington starter Jordan Zimmermann took a three-hitter and 1-0 lead into the ninth. He was pulled after a two-out walk to Joe Panik, and reliever Drew Storen gave up a single to Buster Posey and an RBI double by Pablo Sandoval. Posey was thrown out at the plate on Sandoval's hit, a call that was upheld on a video review.

The Nationals used nine pitchers in the first 17 innings and the Giants had seven.