I was a plate umpire for a Babe Ruth gamer last night and here is what happened:
I have bases loaded with 1 out and batter comes to bat. With a 1-1 count on the batter the runner on 3rd steals goes to steal home. The pitcher throws a wild pitch and the catcher runs back and throws back to the pitcher who is covering home plate now. The batter in the box makes no attempt to leave the box and the runner is safe because of a poor throw from the catcher. After consulting with my base umpire we decided that the batter was out because of obstruction and the runners had to go back to the original bases so the bases were full again, but there was 2 outs. Was this the right call or did I screw it up? What does the rule book say? Thank you for any help that you can give me.
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