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IF it's intentional on the part of the batter, then you've got a deadball (time of the pitch, I believe) and the batter would be called out for interference.
If the contact between the bat and the passed ball is incidental (which this sounds like), then you've got nothing (unless the ball enters Dead Ball Territory). Catcher should have caught the original pitch; pitcher should have put the ball in a location that it could have been caught. Offense really DID nothing wrong.
Sounds like the bat was thrown pretty far. But there is a lot of uncertainties about the final locations of the bouncing bat and the rebounding ball. How can you blame, and hence penalize, anyone unless you feel the bat toss was intentionally at the ball?
Seems like we have discussed this before but perhaps it was NFHS rules - ther emay be some different, specific ruling for ASA.
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