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Re: Tournament rules call for games to be stopped if a team is ahead by 10 runs after 7 innings.  How does that explain the U.S./ So. Africa game being stopped with a 17-0 lead after '5'?  (A special shout-out to Red Sox Chick for pointing this out) <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-2542">2542</a>]</b>
3/12/06, 1:43pm
Actually, the rules say that a game will end after 5 inning if a team is winning by 15+ runs. 

From the the World Baseball Classic web site (<b><i><a href="http://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/about/index.jsp?sid=wbc" target="_blank">http://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/about/inde<BR>x.jsp?sid=wbc<BR></a></i></b>)

"The umpire-in-chief will award a regulation game in Rounds 1 or 2 of the tournament to the Team that:

Is ahead by 10 or more runs when the opposing team has batted in at least seven innings;
Is ahead by 15 or more runs when the opposing team has batted in at least five innings.
Note: A game can be terminated in the middle of an inning if the team reaches the necessary number while at bat. The game will end immediately after that run is scored, unless it is because of a home run, in which case all runs score(similar to games won in a team's last turn at bat)"

[Conor from Clearwater/FL]
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