OFFICIAL BASEBALL RULES

missed his turn at bat, the official scorer shall charge the properbatter with a time at bat, credit the putout to the catcher andignore everything entering into the improper batter’s safearrival on base. If more than one batter bats out of turn in succession,the official scorer shall score all plays just as theyoccur, skipping the turn at bat of the player or players who firstmissed batting in the proper order.(e) Called and Forfeited Games(1) If a regulation game is called, the official scorer shallinclude the record of all individual and team actions upto the moment the game ends, as defined in Rule 7.01(Rules 4.10 and 4.11). If the game is a tie game, theofficial scorer shall not enter a winning or losingpitcher.(2) If a regulation game is forfeited, the official scorer shallinclude the record of all individual and team actions up tothe time of forfeit. If the winning team by forfeit is aheadat the time of forfeit, the official scorer shall enter as winningand losing pitchers the players who would havequalified as the winning and losing pitchers if the gamehad been called at the time of forfeit. If the winning teamby forfeit is behind or if the score is tied at the time offorfeit, the official scorer shall not enter a winning or losingpitcher. If a game is forfeited before it becomes a regulationgame, the official scorer shall include no recordsand shall report only the fact of the forfeit.Rule 9.03(e) Comment: The official scorer shall not considerthat, by rule, the score of a forfeited game is 9 to 0 (see Rule2.00 (Forfeited Game)), notwithstanding the results on thefield at the point the game is forfeited.9.04 Runs Batted InRule 9.03 to 9.04A run batted in is a statistic credited to a batter whose action at batcauses one or more runs to score, as set forth in this Rule 9.04.(a) The official scorer shall credit the batter with a run batted in forevery run that scores106