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Originally Posted by chapmaja
Last night, 6th inning (final inning due to a time limit). Men's SP.
R1 on first base. B2 hits a line drive which hits R1, who left and just got back onto first base when he was hit (this is disputed by the defensive team). F3 was behind the bag and might have had a chance to make the catch had the ball not hit the runner.
What is the correct ruling?
We ruled the ball dead, runner is awarded 2nd base, batter is awarded first base. This ruling was based on my partner going to the state UIC for clarification earlier this team when the same thing happened to the defensive team.
What would have happened had the F3 been playing in and the ball was already by him, or he was nowhere close to being able to make a play?
The previous time it happened, it was a tie game, bottom of 7 and the bases were loaded. Ruling was ball dead, runners advance one base and the winning run was forced home.
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Why would the ball be dead? The ball is killed by hitting a runner when
a) the runner isn't in contact with a base
and
b) it hasn't passed a fielder OR it has passed a fielder but another fielder has a play on it
(this also answers your other question.)
Since you killed it that's an inadvertent call of time, sort it out accordingly.