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Originally Posted by Manny A
That's only true if the LBE violation happens before the IP. I know that the original post first mentions that R1 is going on the pitch, and then says the pitcher commits the IP in her wind up. If that's the sequence of how things happened, R1 left VERY early, and the No Pitch does make everything else moot.
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As you said, if the LBE occurred first, the dead ball kills everything.
If the IP occurred first, the DDB is delayed to see the result of the play and the result of the play is runner out for leaving early. The "no pitch" ruling negates the IP, just as it would on a legal pitch.