Completed baseball game

[Guest Christopher]

Under what circumstances does a completed baseball game only take 51 outs instead of 54?

[Richvee]

I'm going to assume you're learning the game and this is a serious question....

When the home team is ahead after the visitors have batted in the 9th inning. Then the home team does not bat in the 9th inning

[beerguy55]

On 3/19/2018 at 7:59 PM, Guest Christopher said:

Under what circumstances does a completed baseball game only take 51 outs instead of 54?

In one of the quirkiest games in MLB history, only 53 batters went to the plate the entire game (the minimum possible is 52).   And the winning team had less plate appearances than the losing team.  Sandy Koufax's perfect game, against Bob Hendley's one hitter.

LA, the home team, only sent 26 batters to the plate, and scored their only run (unearned) after a walk, sac bunt, SB and a throwing error by the catcher.

Only one player reached base the entire game, and he did it twice.
 

Going into the bottom of the seventh inning, LA lead 1-0, and both pitchers had a no-hitter going.   The first 27 batters in the game were retired, and 42 of 43.

Koufax never had to use his third at bat.

 

And my favorite part - game completed in one hour, 43 minutes.

[Richvee]

1 hour ago, beerguy55 said:

And my favorite part - game completed in one hour, 43 minutes.

Rob Manfred would be proud.