October 4, 2023

Half Inning Gone

The Mets get a win and the Marlins get a loss after the suspended game was not completed on Monday:

Major League Baseball, after consulting the Elias Sports Bureau, said Wednesday the score reverted to 1-0 under 7.02 (b) (4) (A) of the Official Baseball Rules, which deals with suspended games.

“If one team is ahead, the team that is ahead shall be declared the winner (unless the game is called while an inning is in progress and before the inning is completed, and the visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not retaken the lead, in which case the score upon the completion of the last full inning shall stand,)” the rule states.

ESPN.com

I am awaiting an update to the Day by Day Database. If I were the commissioner, I would have let the game stand as a no decision with the top of the ninth’s stats counting.

1 thought on “Half Inning Gone

  1. Luis Venitucci

    Why did MLB have to.consult Elias? Every baseball fan knows the rain out rules..

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