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New softball umpire, so please be gentle. Worked first high school scrimmage this evening and have question--NFHS rules. R3 on 1st base with two outs. B4 hits pop-up toward 2nd base. F4 is waiting to catch the pop-up about one step off of 2nd base, kind of on the 1st base side of 2nd base. As R3 gets to 2nd base, she brushes against/ slightly contacts F4 who is still waiting to catch the pop-up. Even though F4 was brushed by R3, she still has a very good opportuntiy to catch the ball--about two seconds elapsed between contact and ball hitting glove. However, F4 drops the pop-up--goes off of her glove to the ground. I called R3 safe at 2nd. Coach wanted interference on R3. I did not call interference because even though there was slight contact, I felt that F4 had a good opportunity to catch the pop-up. Was my call a good one considering it was NFHS rules?
Gently - No, not a good call. You had a runner interfere
with a fielder attempting to field a batted fair ball.
See NFHS Rule 8-6-10a. thru d.
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