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Four Puerto Rico pitchers combined for an 8-inning perfect game against Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Starter José De León recorded ten strikeouts in 5 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings, and relievers Yacksel Rios , Edwin Diaz , and Duane Underwood Jr. recorded seven more outs before the game ended early because of the mercy rule.
The Perfect Game: A Classic Collection of Facts, Figures, Stories and Characters from the Society for American Baseball Research (Taylor). ISBN 0-87833-815-2; Anderson, David W. (2000). More Than Merkle: A History of the Best and Most Exciting Baseball Season in Human History (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press). ISBN 0-8032-1056-6
In baseball, a perfect game occurs when one or more pitchers for one team complete a full game with no batter from the opposing team reaching base. [1] In baseball leagues that feature nine-inning games like Major League Baseball (MLB), this means the pitchers involved must record an out against 27 consecutive batters, without allowing any hits, walks, hit batsmen, uncaught third strikes ...
As no extra-inning games in either the 2009 or 2013 WBCs reached the point where the rule came into play, it took until the 2017 WBC for it to affect a game's outcome. There were three such games in 2017, and all three were decided in the 11th inning. In 2023, the rule was changed to bring the WBC in line with Major League Baseball. [9]
In baseball, softball, and similar games, an inning is the basic unit of play, consisting of two halves or frames, [1] the "top" (first half) and the "bottom" (second half). In each half, one team bats until three outs are made, with the other team playing defense. [ 2 ]
Minor League Baseball announced new rules to shorten extra-innings games and attempt to speed up the action.
The most recent significant rule changes to the OBR occurred in 2023, when MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred introduced rules adding a pitch clock, extra-inning base runners, and restricting infield shifts. These rules have been gradually adopted in North America (and in WBSC competition), but generally do not exist elsewhere in the world.
MLB's competition committee voted to approve multiple rule changes for 2024, the league announced Thursday. Those updates include subtraction of two seconds from the pitch clock when there are men ...