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by jamesmontalvo3 260 days ago
Wouldn’t the minimum be 51? 932 =54, but if the team batting second is winning after the top of the 9th then they don’t need to play the bottom of the ninth, so subtract 3? Not a baseball person.
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I thought the same thing.

And if you have rain , they can call the game "complete" if the losing team had 5 half innings at bat. So that could be 28. Assume 27 outs and one home run by the home team.

Not for no-hitters, perfect games. The pitcher has to complete nine innings.
You are correct. I should have clarified that for this game, Cleveland was visiting Chicago, so they got to bat in the ninth.