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Originally Posted by John Robertson
In a game I was working last night, the score was 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh inning. A batter hit a three-run homer over the left field fence to win the game.
Softball Canada's rules say the game is over when the winning run scores. (No exception is given for a "walkoff home run" where more runs than needed to win the game are scored. Thus, very technically, the final score should be 6-5.) However, common practise seems to indicate the score is recorded as 8-5. This is really nitpicky--and it's more of the scorekeeper's domain--but it could affect a tournament in which runs for and against affect the standings.
How would this be scored in the good old U. S. of A.?
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You're in Canada where the rules say the game is over when the winning run scores. 6-5
Down here in Canada South, the score would be 8-5.
Bob