It's the rule you love to hate (or maybe you love it! Which is fine!) in Major League Baseball: When teams reached extra innings in 2024, a runner was automatically put on second base to start the 10th and onwards,

That's because MLB uses an automatic runner rule for extra innings in the regular season. If a game is tied after nine innings, each half-inning begins with an automatic runner on second base starting in the 10th. The runner is whichever player recorded the final at-bat in a team's previous turn at the plate.

Down to their final out and on the verge of a 0-3 series hole, the Cleveland Guardians stunned the New York Yankees with two dramatic pinch-hit home runs.

Jhonkensy Noel hit a tying homer with two outs in the ninth inning and David Fry connected for a two-run shot in the 10th.

David Fry hit a two-run homer in the 10th, completing Cleveland's rally over the Yankees on Thursday and pulling the Guardians within 2-1 in the ALCS.