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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
rule question:
yesterday the Tigers are at home. they get the Mariners out in the top of the 8th inning. The Tigers are down 4-1. In the bottom of the 8th it starts raining, and the Tigers are rallying. 2 outs, and they tie the game. Then the rain gets too bad to keep playing. there is a 3 hour delay. They do finally finish the game and we blow it anyway.
but here's my question, what is the rule for an incomplete inning if the game did not restart. I thought it was that if at least the 5th has passed (for the losing team) it counts as a game, and incomplete innings are just dropped. But here, since the Mariners had their at bats would the incomplete 8th have counted? (assume it was Tigers up 1 not a tie)
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The general rule is that the game reverts back to the last full inning played and the game is complete as you say (not sure for statistical purposes whether top of the eighth counts--I believe not).
However, if a team has scored runs to tie or take the lead in that inning, then the game becomes suspended. My recollection is that this exception was put in place when some manager, expecting rain, and his team having given up a bunch of runs, thereby allowing the other team to take the lead, let them continue to score in the hopes that the rain would come while they were still batting and wash out their efforts. it worked. For the last time.
