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Originally Posted by 7in60
When the Mercy Rule is worded "a differential of X runs ANYTIME after 5 innings", if the visiting team goes ahead by X runs in the 6th or 7th, does the home team get their at bat? I say no, since 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 are all AFTER 5 innings. If it said "a differential of X runs after 5 or mote completed innings", the home team would bat if they were trailing.
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I think that this is where we need to use a little common sense. How fair would it be for a visiting team, who may have been behind by one run going into the sixth inning, to have a really top of the sixth where they scored enough runs to meet the need of the "runs ahead rule" and not give the home team a chance to answer? Not very fair. So yes, of course the home team gets their chance to bat in that inning.