Slaughter rule

A slaughter rule, also well known by the slightly more polite term mercy rule or less commonly, knockout rule, brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. The winning team is said to be "slaughtering" the losing team. Slaughter rules are most common in games such as baseball or softball, where there is no game clock and play could theoretically continue forever, although it is also used in sports such as Hockey, football, and soccer.

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