In a 7 inning Babe Ruth game, the game is halted in the bottom of the 7th due to lightning, with the visiting team up 5-0. No runs were scored in the top of the 7th by the visiting team (at the conclusion of 6 compete innings the score was 5-0). The score was 3-0 at the conclusion of 5 complete, and 5-0 at the conclusion of 6 complete.
I maintain that the game is an official game, because it went at least 5 complete innings, to make it a regulation game.
The league president cited Rule 4.12 (5), which states -
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4.12 SUSPENDED GAMES.
(a) A league shall adopt the following rules providing for completion at a future date of games terminated for any of the following reasons: (1) A curfew imposed by law; (2) A time limit permissible under league rules; (3) Light failure or malfunction of a mechanical field device under control of the home club. (Mechanical field device shall include automatic tarpaulin or water removal equipment). (4) Darkness, when a law prevents the lights from being turned on. (5) Weather, if the game is called while an inning is in progress and before it is completed, and one of the following situations prevails: (i) The visiting team has scored one or more runs to tie the score, and the home team has not scored. (ii) The visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not tied the score or retaken the lead. (b) Such games shall be known as suspended games. No game called because of a curfew, weather, or a time limit shall be a suspended game unless it has progressed far enough to have been a regulation game under the provisions of Rule 4.10. A game called under the provisions of 4.12(a), (3) or (4) shall be a suspended game at any time after it starts.
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I maintain that since the visiting team did not score in the top of the 7th inning to tie the score or take the lead, that the game is official, and the visiting team wins.
In a 7 inning Babe Ruth game, the game is halted in the bottom of the 7th due to lightning, with the visiting team up 5-0. No runs were scored in the top of the 7th by the visiting team (at the conclusion of 6 compete innings the score was 5-0). The score was 3-0 at the conclusion of 5 complete, and 5-0 at the conclusion of 6 complete.
I maintain that the game is an official game, because it went at least 5 complete innings, to make it a regulation game.
The league president cited Rule 4.12 (5), which states -
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4.12 SUSPENDED GAMES.
(a) A league shall adopt the following rules providing for completion at a future date of games terminated for any of the following reasons:
(1) A curfew imposed by law;(2) A time limit permissible under league rules;(3) Light failure or malfunction of a mechanical field device under control of the home club. (Mechanical field device shall include automatic tarpaulin or water removal equipment).(4) Darkness, when a law prevents the lights from being turned on.(5) Weather, if the game is called while an inning is in progress and before it is completed, and one of the following situations prevails:
(i) The visiting team has scored one or more runs to tie the score, and the home team has not scored.
(ii) The visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not tied the score or retaken the lead.
(b) Such games shall be known as suspended games. No game called because of a curfew, weather, or a time limit shall be a suspended game unless it has progressed far enough to have been a regulation game under the provisions of Rule 4.10. A game called under the provisions of 4.12(a), (3) or (4) shall be a suspended game at any time after it starts.
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I maintain that since the visiting team did not score in the top of the 7th inning to tie the score or take the lead, that the game is official, and the visiting team wins.
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