NEW YORK (AP) — The average time of a nine-inning game in the League Championship Series rose 12 minutes to 3:16 this year along with an increase in scoring, though the overall postseason figure has fallen by two minutes to 3:00 in the second year of the pitch clock.
The LCS average was 3:40 in 2021, then fell to 3:26 in the first season of the and 3:04 last year
Runs per game in the LCS averaged 11.3, up from 8.8 in 2023 and 7.9 in 2022 and 9.9 in 2021.
The postseason average for nine-inning games through the LCS is down from 3:22 in 2022 and 3:37 in 2021. Scoring of 8.2 runs per game was 8.0 last year, 7.9 in 2022 and 8.7 in 2021.
Division Series games averaged 3:00, down from 3:06 last year, 3:22 in 2022 and 3:33 in 2021. The Wild Card Series averaged 2:44, falling from 2:50 last year, 3:19 in 2022 and 3:44 for the wild card games in 2021.
Last year's postseason average finished at 3:02, down from 3:23 in 2022 and 3:37 in 2021. , the fastest since 1996, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
declined four minutes from and 28 minutes from 2022. It had not been this low since 1984’s 2:35.
MLB with runners on base by two seconds to 18 ahead of the 2024 season while keeping it at 15 seconds without runners on base.
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