In MLB, if a game is tied at the end of 9 innings, the game will continue, one inning at a time, until there is a winner. Other leagues such as high school and youth league may set a maximum number of innings or a time limit and allow games to end up tied.
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The game has to be tied after the ninth inning in order for it to go into extra innings.
A baseball game ends when there is the final out of the ninth inning. If the home team is winning, and they get three outs in the ninth, they win. If the score is tied after nine innings of play, they go into extra innings, which lasts until a team scores and holds the other team to scoring.
There is a total of nine innings in a game of baseball. However, if the game is tied at the end of nine innings, then the game can go into extra innings.
A baseball game can end when: # The home team scores the go ahead run in the ninth inning or later # The team with the lead records the third out in the ninth inning or later # The umpires decide to call the game on account of rain after at least 5 innings (four and a half if the home team is winning), one team has the lead, and the visiting team didn't take the lead in the top of an inning that wasn't completed.
Yes, in Japan. In American professional sports, no, a game is not complete if both teams have the same number of runs.AnswerYes, if a game is called off due to weather, or a power outage, or something like that. If the game is important to a pennant race, it can be made up, but if not, it would be left as a tie. The stats would still count, though. As of February 2007 the rules committee has made the following changes to the rules in the MLB as it pertains to games ending in ties."Beginning this season, when a game is tied in the bottom of the fifth inning and is called because of weather, it will be suspended and resumed before the next scheduled game between the teams at the same ballpark.If there are no more games between the teams at the same stadium, the game will be resumed when the teams meet at the visitor's ballpark.If it is the final scheduled game between the teams, it will be replayed if it is needed to determine a postseason berth."