Calling a Game Due to Darkness

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Originally Posted by njdevs00cup

Had an interesting situation last night during a junior legion game. Home team leading going into the top of the 7th 7 - 6. Visitors score 6 runs in a twenty minute top of the 7th. During warm ups, the visiting catcher had a ball get past him and he said, "It's getting tough to see." I immediately called both managers together and suspended the game.

When we reviewed the Legion Constitution, a game is considered official after 4 1/2 innings if the home team is ahead and after 5 innings if the visitors are ahead. Once beyond 5 innings, a game is considered "official" if the game is called due to the elements (darkness in this case). No provision is made for the home team batting in such a case. Immediately the home team manager pointed to the fact that his catcher just caught for 20 minutes without and issue.

This very confusing. Visitors just scored 6 runs in a 20 min inning and visiting catcher is out during warmups. I assume you meant home catcher and the reason he is mentioning light is he hopes the game will revert back to end of last inning and home team wins.

I don't know about the league constitution, but normally this game would be suspended and finished another date, since the visitors took the lead, game was called and home team did not get to bat.

I worked a HS suspended game this year where this happened, except it was rain that stopped the original game. I worked only 4 outs to complete the game. Game meant nothing to home team, playoff implications to the visitors (I still don't think they made it in with the win).