Help my old man brain out - can't recall Baseball rules

They’ll restart the game tomorrow where they left off if need be. They won’t cut it short.

It picks up where we left off with all of the substitutions still in play. And the game will go 9 innings.

Don’t feel bad brother. Asking this question isn’t as bad as people who thought Jay didn’t control start times in Baton Rouge postseason games.

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There is no scenario what so ever in which a game that has started is "started over" after a delay.

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Only in chess will a rain delay cause a restart of the game. (Rule: 7C2a)

Clean slate was the MLB rule for a long time provided a game was called for weather prior to becoming official...I had to google when it changed, I thought it was longer ago, but pretty recent.

Regulation Game:
A game is considered a "regulation game" or "official game" in MLB when:
Five innings have been completed, with the visiting team completing their turn at bat, and the home team is leading.
Five full innings have been completed, regardless of the score.
Before recent rule changes:
Previously, if a game was stopped due to weather or other issues before becoming an official game, it would be restarted from scratch at a later date, and any stats accumulated during the stopped game would be erased.
The rule change:
MLB permanently changed the rule in 2022 (after implementing it during the 2020 COVID-19 season) to now state that any game that starts but is terminated early (even before 5 innings) will be suspended and completed at a later date rather than started over. This matches the rule that has been in place for postseason games and tiebreaker games since 2008.
In summary:
Currently, if a game is started in MLB but is terminated early due to weather or other reasons (even if it's not a "regulation game"), it is suspended and completed at a later date, not replayed from the beginning.

Again, this is MLB and has nothing to do with college rule, just letting OP know he has a basis for that impression.

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Asking this question isn’t as bad as people who thought Jay didn’t control start times in Baton Rouge postseason games.

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Jesus Christ let it go

looks like you and i were typing at same time…

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you are correct about there being a length requirement/number of innings required, but that was for the game to be considered official, so the game could end right there, and the score at the end was final, and the leader would win… but that was for games that could not continue… and i am not sure if that ever was used in postseason, when you need a definite winner, who would advance… and in cases where the game had not reached 4.5 innings, and could not be continued that night, decision was made whether to continue next day, or cancel and start over next day… these conditions are still used in mlb, but i really do not remember if used in ncaa, or even in ncaa postseason…

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MLB no longer restarts games. All games interrupted by weather are resumed from the point of suspension at a later date. Yes this includes regular season games along with any post season or tiebreaker games. But also tiebreaker games no longer exist as of 2022.

I posted the decision making process in another thread but some assholes are too retarded to read it.