General MLB Question

[WSoxMatt]

Last night the Cubs game was called in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and the bases loaded after a 58 moinute rain delay. What ever happened to it refers back to the last completed inning, meaning DLee would get credit for his 43rd HR and the Cards would get credit for the shutout. I was always under the assumtion that the game had to end after a full inning or a half inning if the home team eas winning. Can anyone shed some light on this with facts not I think so's

[Balta1701]

Last night the Cubs game was called in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and the bases loaded after a 58 moinute rain delay.  What ever happened to it refers back to the last completed inning, meaning DLee would get credit for his 43rd HR and the Cards would get credit for the shutout.  I was always under the assumtion that the game had to end after a full inning or a half inning if the home team eas winning.  Can anyone shed some light on this with facts not I think so's

4.11

The score of a regulation game is the total number of runs scored by each team at the moment the game ends. (a) The game ends when the visiting team completes its half of the ninth inning if the home team is ahead. (B) The game ends when the ninth inning is completed, if the visiting team is ahead. © If the home team scores the winning run in its half of the ninth inning (or its half of an extra inning after a tie), the game ends immediately when the winning run is scored. EXCEPTION: If the last batter in a game hits a home run out of the playing field, the batter runner and all runners on base are permitted to score, in accordance with the base running rules, and the game ends when the batter runner touches home plate. APPROVED RULING: The batter hits a home run out of the playing field to win the game in the last half of the ninth or an extra inning, but is called out for passing a preceding runner. The game ends immediately when the winning run is scored. (d) A called game ends at the moment the umpire terminates play. EXCEPTION: If the game is called while an inning is in progress and before it is completed, 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. National Association Leagues may also adopt the following rules for suspended games in addition to 4.11 (d) (1) & (2) above. (If adopted by a National Association League, Rule 4.10 © (d) & (e) would not apply to their games.): (3) The game has not become a regulation game (4 1/2 innings with the home team ahead, or 5 innings with the visiting club ahead or tied). (4) Any regulation game tied at the point play is stopped because of weather, curfew or other reason. (5) If a game is suspended before it becomes a regulation game, and is continued prior to another regularly scheduled game, the regularly scheduled game will be limited to seven innings. (6) If a game is suspended after it is a regulation game, and is continued prior to another regularly scheduled game, the regularly scheduled game will be a nine inning game. EXCEPTION: The above sections (3), (4), (5) & (6) will not apply to the last scheduled game between the two teams during the championship season, or League Playoffs. Any suspended game not completed prior to the last scheduled game between the two teams during the championship season, will become a called game.