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Originally posted by LDUB
So if the pitch is coming in, and it is right down the middle, so it will be a strike. But the runner slides and hits the pitch before it enters the strike zone. This would be a ball correct? Because the ball never entered the strike zone when it was live.
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Rule 6-1-4: Each legal pitch shall be delcared by the umpire as a strike, ball, fair or foul hit or a DEAD BALL.
Sounds like we've got neither a strike nor a ball if the pitch doesn't reach the plate.