Postponed Games vs. Continued Games

[killthegoat06]

When are games postponed to due to rain and when are they continued the next day from where it ended? The Cards game today was postponed, but I remember a game last year when there was a game tied in the tenth and it resumed the next day.

[CubColtPacer]

Games are continued when the game is either tied, or if the road team has taken the lead during the inning that the game was stopped in. They become the final score (after 4 1/2 or 5 innings) when they are rained out in other situations.

 

For example, the Cubs game against the Pirates last year was continued the next day because the Cubs had scored runs in the top of the inning to take the lead. If the Cubs hadn't managed to tie the game before the rain came, even if they were still batting, it would have been a final and a Pirates victory.

[17 Seconds]

If they were resuming the game from where it left off, it would have been suspended, not postponed.

[killthegoat06]

Games are continued when the game is either tied, or if the road team has taken the lead during the inning that the game was stopped in. They become the final score (after 4 1/2 or 5 innings) when they are rained out in other situations.

 

For example, the Cubs game against the Pirates last year was continued the next day because the Cubs had scored runs in the top of the inning to take the lead. If the Cubs hadn't managed to tie the game before the rain came, even if they were still batting, it would have been a final and a Pirates victory.

Thanks, that makes more sense. If it's 0-0 after 1 inning would they continue it the next day even though they haven't played 4.5 innings?

[CubColtPacer]

Games are continued when the game is either tied, or if the road team has taken the lead during the inning that the game was stopped in. They become the final score (after 4 1/2 or 5 innings) when they are rained out in other situations.

 

For example, the Cubs game against the Pirates last year was continued the next day because the Cubs had scored runs in the top of the inning to take the lead. If the Cubs hadn't managed to tie the game before the rain came, even if they were still batting, it would have been a final and a Pirates victory.

Thanks, that makes more sense. If it's 0-0 after 1 inning would they continue it the next day even though they haven't played 4.5 innings?

 

No. Any games stopped before 4.5 innings (or 5 if the visiting team is ahead) are completely erased and started again.