RulesMLB Umpire Manual
LINEUPS AND SUSPENDED GAMES
Rule 7.02(c): The Comment to Official Baseball Rule 7.02(c) states that if immediately prior to a game becoming suspended, a substitute pitcher has been put into the game but has not retired the side or pitched until the batter has been put out or has become a base runner, when the game is resumed such…
RulesMLB Umpire Manual
WEATHER TAKING PRECEDENCE
Rule 7.02(a): The Note to Official Baseball Rule 7.02 states that weather and similar conditions shall take precedence in determining whether a called game shall be a suspended game. If a game is halted by weather, and subsequent light failure or an intervening curfew or time limit prevents its resumption, it shall not be a…
