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Originally Posted by Rich
How? If a team doesn't play defense for an inning, it's not counted for or against them.
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Three pool games. team A gives up 3 runs in games 1 and 2 (6 innings each).
Knows it needs to get runs / inning to .33 to make the tournament part.
Ahead 9-0 going into bottom of 5. If they score a run, the game is over and runs / inning is 6/17 which is too high. So, they intentionally make an out so they can play the 6th and try to hold the other team scoreless.
Heck, maybe Team B does NOT want team A in the tournament, so they intentionally give up a run.