Length and time of a baseball game
Each team has a turn at bat and a turn in the field per inning. The
visiting team always bats before the home team. The half of the inning
when the visiting team bats is known as the top of the inning. For
example, if it is the fourth inning, it would be the top of the fourth
when the visiting team is at bat. When the home team is at bat, it is
known as the bottom of the fourth (inning). A professional baseball game
consists of nine innings. A game is usually seven innings in youth
baseball leagues.
The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins. If the home
team is ahead after eight and one-half innings, it is not necessary for
the team members to bat, and the home team is declared the winner.
However, if the home team is not ahead, it, of course, has a turn at bat
to see if it can tie the game or go ahead to win the game. The game
would end if one person scores. Although, if a home run is hit, any
runners on base, as well as the hitter would score. If the score is tied
at the end of the game, it will go into extra innings. As many innings
as it takes to win the game are played until there is a winning team.
The home team has a slight advantage because it will know if a team has
scored and if it needs to score enough runs to win. Of course, if the
team ties the score, the game still goes into more innings.
A baseball game could go on for several hours before there is a winning
team. The record for the longest game in Major League Baseball occurred
in 1920 between teams from Brooklyn and Boston. The game lasted 26
innings and the game ended in a 1-1 tie and was called because of
darkness. That was back when there were no lights in major league
baseball parks as there are today. A tied game will end only if
conditions prevent it to continue play, such as rain or even snow. A
tied game is not an official game until it is finished at a later date,
or replayed if it does not go five innings (four-and a half if the home
team is ahead). At any rate, the individual statistics from tie games
are counted, such as home runs, hits, etc.
Games are sometimes called because of in climate weather such as rain or
snow. Before lights were instituted in major league parks, it was more
common for games to be called because of darkness.
The Japanese rules of baseball state that if the score is tied after
nine innings, up to three extra innings may be played. If the score is
still tied after those extra three innings, the game is declared a tie.
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