<P> In the 11th inning, the manager selects anywhere in the batting order to start the inning, regardless of the last player put out . The batter immediately preceding this newly designated leadoff man becomes a runner on first base, and the next preceding batter is placed on second base . In subsequent innings, the batting order continues as normal, but the two players preceding the player scheduled to lead off the inning start on second and first . </P> <P> This has also been adopted by European leagues Division de Honor (Spain), Italian Baseball League, and Honkbal Hoofdklasse (Netherlands). </P> <P> Since 2009, a modified form of the rule has been used for the World Baseball Classic . Unlike the standard rule, the batting order may not start from a different place . Through the 2013 edition, the first inning in which teams started with runners on first and second was the 13th . The rule was not used in either the 2009 or 2013 editions because no game lasted more than 11 innings . For the 2017 World Baseball Classic, the rule was modified to use extra runners for the first time in the 11th inning, and it would see its first use in a second - round game between Japan and the Netherlands at the Tokyo Dome . Japan won that game thanks to a sacrifice bunt and a 2 - run hit . </P> <P> Other methods include the following: </P>

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