2007-present
Rule 4.12 SUSPENDED GAMES
(c) 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.
1980-2006
Rule 4.11 (d)
A called game ends the moment the umpire terminates play. EXCEPTION: If the game is called during an uncompleted inning, 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.
Prior to 1980
Rule 4.11 (d)
A called game ends the moment the umpire terminates play. EXCEPTION: If the game is called during an uncompleted inning, the game ends at the end of the last previous completed inning in each of the following situations:
(1) The visiting team scores one or more runs to tie the score in the uncompleted inning, and the home team does not score.
(2) The visiting team scores one or more runs to take the lead in the uncompleted inning, and the home team does not score or retake the lead.
Foul weather plays?
The decision to allow World Series Game 5 to continue even as weather conditions deteriorated is not the first time controversy has clouded a postseason baseball game. Here are a few other memorable — and for some, unforgettable — moments in baseball playoff history.
1996
American League Championship Series, Game 1, New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles
Twelve-year-old Jeffrey Maier interferes with a ball hit toward the right-field fence. It is ruled a home run, allowing the Yankees to tie the game, although Maier clearly reached over the wall into the field of play.
2003
National League Championship Series, Game 6, Cubs vs. Marlins
In a play that is etched into Cubs’ fans’ memories, fan Steve Bartman tries to catch a foul ball along the left-field line. The problem is, Moises Alou also was trying to catch the ball and put the Cubs four outs away from the World Series. He does not, and the Cubs go on to lose the game and the series.
2005
American League Championship Series, Game 2, White Sox vs. Anaheim Angels
White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski strikes out swinging with two out in the bottom of the ninth and the Angles ahead. Pierzynski, however, ran to first because he thought the ball bounced in the dirt and the catcher did not tag him out. The home plate umpire rules Pierzynski is safe. Joe Crede goes on to drive in the winning run and the Sox eventually win the ALCS and the World Series.
2008
World Series, Game 4, Philadelphia Phillies vs. Tampa Bay Rays
The Phillies scored in the first inning of Game 4 on Sunday night after Jimmy Rollins scampered safely back to third during a rundown. But TV replays showed he was tagged on the backside by Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria and should have been called out by Tim Welke. “He’s seen the replay. He knows he missed it,” Mike Port, Major League Baseball’s vice president for umpiring, said Monday. Ap contributed.
