Here are the official rules according to
The baseball almanac web site.imho the
best web site on the game.
But the rules are open ended on both
sides of the picture and I guess the umps
make the final call,I can't help but wonder
if the O's had been leading in the 6th if
they would have called the game and
given the O's a W.Or if it had been the
yanks for instance.anybodys guess.
As far as I am concerned five inn where
in the books and the jays had the lead in
top of the 6th.The game should have been
called before the O's got a chance to send
a hitter to the plate as it was raining just
as hard during the first batters at bat as it
was when the crew chief stopped the
game during the 2nd hitters at bat.making
it a suspended game I guess according to the rules of play.
Anyway it turned out that it sucked for the
O's in the end and they lost the 2nd game
to boot,to put the jays at .500 again ALRIGHT!!
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.
NOTE: Weather and similar conditions_4.12 (a) (1 through 5)_shall take
precedence in determining whether a called game shall be a suspended
game.
A game can only be considered a suspended game if stopped for any of the
five (5) reasons specified in Section (a). Any regulation game called
due to weather with the score tied (unless situation outlined in 4.12
(a) (5) (i) prevails) is a tie game and must be replayed in its
entirety.
(c) A suspended game shall be resumed and completed as follows:
(1) Immediately preceding the next scheduled single game between the two
clubs on the same grounds; or
(2) Immediately preceding the next scheduled doubleheader between the
two clubs on the same grounds, if no single game remains on the
schedule; or
(3) If suspended on the last scheduled date between the two clubs in
that city, transferred and played on the grounds of the opposing club,
if possible;
(i) Immediately preceding the next scheduled single game, or
(ii) Immediately preceding the next scheduled doubleheader, if no single
game remains on the schedule.
(4) If a suspended game has not been resumed and completed on the last
date scheduled for the two clubs, it shall be a called game.
**(d) A suspended game shall be resumed at the exact point of suspension
of the original game. The completion of a suspended game is a
continuation of the original game. The lineup and batting order of both
teams shall be exactly the same as the lineup and batting order at the
moment of suspension, subject to the rules governing substitution. Any
player may be replaced by a player who had not been in the game prior to
the suspension. No player removed before the suspension may be returned
to the lineup. A player who was not with the club when the game was
suspended may be used as a substitute, even if he has taken the place of
a player no longer with the club who would not have been eligible
because he had been removed from the lineup before the game was
suspended. If immediately prior to the call of a suspended game, a
substitute pitcher has been announced but has not retired the side or
pitched until the batter becomes a baserunner, such pitcher, when the
suspended game is later resumed may, but is not required to start the
resumed portion of the game. However, if he does not start he will be
considered as having been substituted for and may not be used in that
game.
Then we have this:
EXCEPTION: If the game is called while an inning is in progress and
before it is completed, the game becomes a SUSPENDED game in each of the
following situations:
(1) The visiting team has scored one or more runs to tie the score and
the home team has not scored;
**(2) 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. National
Association Leagues may also adopt the following rules for suspended
games in addition to 4.11 (d) (1) & (2) above. (If adopted by a National
Association League, Rule 4.10 (c) (d) & (e) would not apply to their
games.):
**(3) The game has not become a regulation game (4 1/2 innings with the
home team ahead, or 5 innings with the visiting club ahead or tied).
(4) Any regulation game tied at the point play is stopped because of
weather, curfew or other reason.
*(5) If a game is suspended before it becomes a regulation game, and is
continued prior to another regularly scheduled game, the regularly
scheduled game will be limited to seven innings.
(6) If a game is suspended after it is a regulation game, and is
continued prior to another regularly scheduled game, the regularly
scheduled game will be a nine inning game.
EXCEPTION: The above sections (3), (4), (5) & (6) will not apply to the
last scheduled game between the two teams during the championship
season, or League Playoffs. Any suspended game not completed prior to
the last scheduled game between the two teams during the championship
season, will become a called game.