Suspended game or not? | High School Baseball Web

aamkajutsu10+ posts

Last night while watching a local high school game, the game was delayed due to lightning. After a delay of a half hour or so it was beginning to get dark and lightning was still a threat. The game was in the top of the 6th inning and the coaches agreed to suspend the game and finish it at a later date.

Question: Is this a regulation game or do they have the option of finishing it?

Please site a rule number if you have one.

Thanks in advance.

4/1/081:36 PM

Original Post

Replies sorted oldest to newest

dash_riprock1,000+ posts

The answer is maybe. It is a regulation game after 5 innings (4 1/2 if the home team is ahead). The game is over and the score would revert back to the score after 5 innings, because the visitors were still batting in the 6th when the game was called (teams must have equal at-bats unless the home team is ahead). FED Rule 4-2-3

However, FED allows individual states to adopt their own game-ending procedures, which might differ from FED.
4-2-4

4/1/084:48 PM

birdman141,000+ posts

What was the score at the time the game was suspended?

Add Reply

Sign In To Reply

<div id="{%=id%}" class="reveal-modal small h-alert-modal-popup" data-reveal>
    <div class="first-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0" aria-label="Inside Modal"></div>

<h4 id="{%=id%}_title" class="margin-bottom-10 popup-title"></h4>
    <div id="{%=id%}_body" class="margin-bottom-10 popup-body">
        </div>

<ul id="{%=id%}ButtonGroup" class="button-group h-popup-buttons even-button-group even-1">
    <li id="{%=id%}Okay_buttonContainer"><a id="{%=id%}Okay" href="javascript:void(0);" class="button success no-margin-bottom h-alert-modal-ok-button" role="button">OK</a><script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            function {%=id%}Okay_click(event, data) {
            {%=id%}Popup.hide();
        }
        
                $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click', {%=id%}Okay_click);
        })();
    </script></li></ul><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close Modal">&#215;</a><div class="last-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            {%=id%}Popup = new SS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}');
        })();
    </script>