# Rain-shortened baseball game question...

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**Created:** [July 4, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-shortened-baseball-game-question/253473 "2004-07-04T07:56:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-shortened-baseball-game-question/253473/1 "2004-07-04T07:56:57Z")

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If the pitcher has a shutout going into the 6th and the game gets called due to rain, does he get credited a complete game shutout? What about a no-hitter? Perfect game?

For those that don’t keep up, a nine-inning baseball game is considered “official” (that is, it counts) after the end of the fifth inning if the home team is trailing. If the home team is ahead, the game is considered “official” after the visiting team records their last out of the fifth inning.

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-shortened-baseball-game-question/253473/2 "2004-07-04T12:11:48Z")

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Looks like the answer is yes.

[http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official\_info/official\_rules/start\_end\_4.jsp](http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/start_end_4.jsp)

4.10  
(a) A regulation game consists of nine innings, unless extended because of a tie score, or shortened (1) because the home team needs none of its half of the ninth inning or only a fraction of it, or (2) because the umpire calls the game.