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Originally Posted by reccer
Thanks for the rule. I should have checked my book first.
Verbatim tourney rules:
If a bracket game ends in a tie at the end of regulation play, the following will go into effect:
The last three batters in the previous inning will be placed on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd with 2 outs.
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OK, rule sucks, but my interpretation, would be as follows.
Bottom of 8th, we have the 9th "spot" up, the open spot in the lineup, so that is a out being the third out.
Bottom of 9th, I put the last three batters on base. I read batters not line-up spots. So I would put batters 8,7,6 on the bases and have batters #1 hit.
I would not leave a base open at anytime setting up the tie breaker since it says last three batters, and we only have a out in the #9 spot since there is no batter. So how can you have it both ways. I would also not give a advantage, taking the force off, to the team batting only 8.
P.S. If you had started with 8, this should have been set in pregame.