Sorry, I disagree with this article about Mexico getting the unjustly eliminated in the WBC:
But wait, this postgame interpretation just in from the rules committee: That five-run inning earlier in the week, in which Italy walked off? Mexico did not get an out, so that did not count as an inning. The five runs still counted.
If it would have counted as an inning, Mexico would have advanced. The rule specifies that partial innings count.
“The rule doesn’t specify outs,” Mexico Manager Edgar Gonzalez told reporters after the game. “It specifies partial innings. And if you go to a judge, this is a partial inning.”
Which is of course, not correct. Innings are made up of outs. If a pitcher comes into the third inning, faces eight batters, and all of them score, then is removed from the game, he gave up eight runs in two innings. Often times that will be written as 2+, to indicate he pitched beyond the second inning, but no one fixes his ERA by giving him a partial inning. Mexico is being a bit of a sore loser here.
Of course, if the WBC played by real rules, they would have played two more games to break the tie.
WBC controversy?? I think you’re crazy – if it’s not a partial inning do you put the runs back to the prior inning in the line score? No.None the less if they gave up 5 runs to Italy in a walk off do they really deserve to move on?
If a pitcher comes up from the minors, throws to three batters, the first two getting on and the last hitting a home run, pitcher has an elbow injury and never pitches again, his ERA is infinite.