27 Outs

Baseball is a game that has no clock. Oh sure there's the between batters clock, or the inning changing clock, but there is no clock on the game play itself.

Instead baseballs official timekeeper  is outs.  In other sports you may be able to run out the clock without a play, or extend it by going out of bounds or calling a time out, in baseball you actually have to do something to win the game.

Each team gets 27 outs on offense 9 frames of 3 outs each.  When you get to 26 outs, and a lead, things look good. You can even get to two strikes on the hitter, but you still have to make the one more pitch.

So far in August:

On Thursday, August 2nd, the Rockies gave up 3 singles and a stolen base to the Cards in the 9th prior to the 26th out, to lose 3-2.

On Friday, August 3rd, the Rockies failed to get the 27th out as Eric Thames hit a 3 run home run off Wade Davis and the Brewers won 5-3.

On Sunday, August 5th, the Rockies failed to get the 27th out before Adam Ottavino gave up 3 runs allowing the Brewers to tie the game, giving each team extra outs.  The Rockies prevailed in 11 innings 5-3.

On Thursday, August 9th, the Rockies took a 5-3 lead into the 8th inning and gave up 2 in the 8th and 3 in the 9th to lose 8-5. The 3 runs in the 9th were recorded before the 25th out.

On Saturday, August 11th, the Rockies trailed 2-0 after 26 outs with two runners on, before Ryan McMahon hit a 3 run homer to win it.  

On Sunday, August 12th, the Rockies lost a 3-0 lead in the 7th and 8th innings to the Dodgers before securing victory with two outs in the bottom of the 9th on a walk off walk by Chris Iannetta. 

On Thursday, August 16th, the Rockies trailed 3-2 in the top of the 9th, as the Rockies rallied for 3 runs to beat the Braves 5-3.

And on Saturday, August 18th, the Rockies trailed 3-0 after 26 outs, and had no runners on.  The next four batters got on scoring 3 and tying the game before the 27th out.   The Rockies would win 5-3 over the Braves, in the 10th.  

So far in August, 7 games have been decided in the last at bat, demonstrating the uniqueness of  baseball.

And in other bizarre stories, the Dodgers lost tonight in Seattle when their pitcher balked in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th and the D-Backs lost in the bottom of the 9th on a walk off single.