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Originally Posted by OldFatGuy
Dated May 2013, so yeah, it must have changed after that.
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The clause is 4.12(b)(4)(i) which states "Any suspended game not completed prior to the last scheduled game between the two teams during the championship season shall become a called game, as follows: (i) If such game has progressed far enough to become a regulation game, and 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 for purposes of this Rule 4.12(b)(4))."
It so happens that it was the last game between the two teams that season. However, the standard 4.12(a) rules that LGO and I were talking about had been in place way before 2013.
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