Embracing the Tie

The first game of the Japan Series ended in a tie:

Shortly after the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers finished up the longest game in World Series history Saturday morning, the championship series of professional ball in Japan got underway — and ended in a 12-inning tie.

The Hiroshima Carp and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks played to a 2-2, 12-inning tie Saturday in the first game of the Japan Series.

In the Japan Series, games are called draws after 12 innings. If the series is tied after seven games, a Game 8 is played, and games continue until one team has won four games.

MLB used to allow ties in certain situations. Before lights, teams used to play late afternoon games in the middle of summer. Sometimes those games would go into extra innings and reach darkness, or the weather made it difficult to see or play. Any game like that having completed five innings would be called a tie, the stats would count, but the game would be replayed. Today, the games are suspended as resumed as soon as possible.

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