The league record for length of a game is 13 innings. On Thursday 24-Jun-1982, Kurgan and Kiwanis were tied, 4-4, after eight innings when darkness descended (the league only installed lights in 1990). That Saturday morning, they came back and kept playing -- for another five innings. After Kiwanis put three runs across in the top of the 13th, Kurgan scored four (with only one out) in their half to record an improbable 10-9 victory. The win was only Kurgan’s second of the year, while Kiwanis had entered the game with a magic number of one.
In 1999, DiNoto Fuel set a league record by winning four (count ’em) extra-inning games, including a 3-2, 9-inning win over American League champion Lions. The record for total extra-inning games played in a season is six, by Rotary in 1981 (they went 3-3).
The following table outlines the success (or lack thereof) of Rutherford Little League’s Major level teams in extra-inning regular season games from 1981 through 2007.
| AMERICAN | Won | Lost | Pct. | GB | |
| Tancredi Plumbing | 14 | 13 | .519 | -- | |
| Boiling Spring Masons | 15 | 14 | .517 | -- | |
| Flash Cleaners | 11 | 11 | .500 | ˝ | |
| Lions | 15 | 16 | .484 | 1 | |
| Elks | 12 | 13 | .480 | 1 | |
| Keller-Depken Oil | 12 | 13 | .480 | 1 | |
| NATIONAL | Won | Lost | Pct. | GB | |
| V.F.W. Post 227 | 14 | 9 | .609 | -- | |
| Fire Department | 10 | 7 | .588 | 1 | |
| Kurgan-Bergen Realtors | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2 | ˝ |
| P.B.A. Local 300 | 15 | 15 | .500 | 2 | ˝ |
| Boiling Springs Savings | 12 | 14 | .462 | 3 | ˝ |
| A.W. Van Winkle & Co. | 11 | 16 | .407 | 5 |
NOTE: Totals include the following prior sponsors: