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World Series Game 7 Goes to Extra Innings Under Traditional Rules

MLB excludes the regular-season bonus runner from the playoffs to ensure all baserunners are earned.

Overview

  • The Blue Jays and Dodgers were tied 4–4 after nine innings, sending Game 7 into extra innings with the bases empty by rule.
  • Postseason extra innings do not use a runner on second, though the pitch clock and limits on mound visits and disengagements still apply.
  • Since 2020, regular-season extra innings have started with a runner on second to hasten endings.
  • Games reaching the 11th inning or later fell from 210 in 2019 to 102 in 2021, 100 in 2022, and 90 in 2023, according to The Sporting News.
  • This World Series already included an 18-inning Game 3, and EssentiallySports reports this is only the sixth Game 7 to reach extra innings.