Injury / Substitute

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by UmpireErnie

So now my above post makes me wonder about another hypothetical play...

Visitors playing with 8 in tie game top of the seventh. Same deal..lead off triple but runner hurt sliding safely into 3B. By 3-3-8 the temporary runner comes in.

Apparently we have to play out the top of the seventh unless the injured players spot in the lineup comes back around before we have an inevitable forfeit. I guess the rule buys the visitors in this situation a little time time come up with an available player but baring that unlikely event home is going to win because visitors only have seven players.

I don't agree. Once the temporary runner is gone, the team is down to 7.