If a baseball game is tied 3 - 3 going into the bottom of the 9th, and the home team gets 3 hits resulting in the bases being loaded, if the 4th player hits a grand slam home run, do they win the game 7 - 3, or 4 - 3. In other words, is only the winning run counted and recorded? If so, then the batter hitting the grand slam doesn't get credit for the other 3 rbi's.
2007-10-08 06:37:19 · 13 answers · asked by Eileen K 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
As long as the runners and batter proceed around the bases in proper fashion -- tagging each base, not passing one another, not abandoning the basepaths -- then the final score will be 7-3.
It's covered in MLB Rule 4.11(c):
The score of a regulation game is the total number of runs scored by each team at the moment the game ends....
If the home team scores the winning run in its half of the ninth inning (or its half of an extra inning after a tie), the game ends immediately when the winning run is scored. EXCEPTION: If the last batter in a game hits a home run out of the playing field, the batter-runner and all runners on base are permitted to score, in accordance with the base-running rules, and the game ends when the batter-runner touches home plate.
APPROVED RULING: The batter hits a home run out of the playing field to win the game in the last half of the ninth or an extra inning, but is called out for passing a preceding runner. The game ends immediately when the winning run is scored.
2007-10-08 08:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They would win the game 7-3. If the batter got any other hit, the team would only be credited with the winning run (you will occasionally see a player hit what would have been considered a ground-rule double to win the game, but he only gets credited with a single because that's all that's needed to score the winning run).
2007-10-08 09:31:32 · answer #2 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hitter would be credited with all 4 rbi's, but a few years ago, Robin Ventura did this in a similar situation and was mobbed in a celebration at first base for hitting a Grand Slam and only one run was accounted for (1999 NLCS). It has been known as the Gran Slam Single.
2007-10-08 06:56:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 7 - 3. The Grand Slam counts. However, it only counts if it is a home run over the fence. If it is an "inside the park" homer, it is only a single, and only one run counts. Same for a double or triple. Once all runners safely reach their first or next base, the game is over. The true home run is an exception to the rule.
Hope that helps!
2007-10-08 06:40:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
every run would be counted, so if they hit the grand slam that would be a run for the 3 players for their stats, and the person who hit the HR would get the RBI for the runners on base.
2007-10-08 06:45:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
7-3
2007-10-08 07:03:02 · answer #6 · answered by "U all Everybody" 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the ball is over the fence it would be a homerun and the final score would be 7-3. If it did not go over the fence, on the fly, than the first run that scored ended the game, the hitter would get a single and the final score would be 4-3.
2007-10-08 06:41:32 · answer #7 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
7-3. All the runs would count.
2007-10-08 06:39:30 · answer #8 · answered by Greg 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
7-3 beacause every run counts. I've seen it a lot of times like when A-rod hit that walkoff grand slam against baltimore.
2007-10-08 07:25:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he hits a home run all runs count. If he hits a ground rule double two runs count, but if he hits it in play only the lead run will count no matter how many may have been able to score.
2007-10-08 07:10:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋