Major League Baseball's extra innings format is different in the playoffs from the regular season, getting rid of the "ghost runner" starting on second base once a game goes beyond nine innings.

It took until the League Championship Series for the first extra-inning game of the 2024 MLB playoffs. The Cleveland Guardians were down to their last out in Game 3 of the ALCS when slugger Jhonkensy ...

Major League Baseball, like many sports, has done plenty of tinkering with its rules in recent years. One of the most prominent changes — and most controversial — has been the runner on second rule to ...

New York Yankees relievers Adam Ottavino and Chad Green shared their opinion on MLB's new extra innings rule after trying it in a Summer Camp intrasquad. NEW YORK – Yankees' right-hander Chad Green ...

The Reds’ 32.6% whiff rate in extra innings would have been far-and-away the worst whiff rate for a team in 2025 (the team ...

On Wednesday, Yahoo! Sports Jeff Passan reported that Major League Baseball plans on testing a new rule in the minor leagues this upcoming season that would see On Wednesday, Yahoo! Sports Jeff Passan ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers limped through their dress rehearsal during the season, looking at times like they were just a pedestrian team and might even be vulnerable in the postseason.

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates did almost nothing of note from the plate and suffered another extra innings loss to the Baltimore Orioles, 2-1, at Camden Yards. This loss makes it back-to-back to ...