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Originally Posted by Mortimer
I actually remember a real world example, my Kansas City Royals, I think the 2013 season, were playing a game in St. Louis and during the top of the 8th or 9th inning the Royals pulled ahead and then the rain opened up and they had to stop play.
By rule if the game was called they would have reverted to the score at the start of the inning, thus taking the runs off the board and giving the Cardinals the win. So to avoid that mess they tried really hard to get the game in, and ended up finishing the game at like 4 am.
So yes by rule the umpires could have called it just like in TwinsGuy's game here, but it would have been such a controversy, that the umpires did everything they could to ensure the game was completed.
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No, the rule is that it would be a suspended game. The runs don't get chalked off. If the top team takes the lead and the bottom team did not regain the lead, it is a suspended game.