[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by Blue37
We had a great presentation on malicious contact today in our local meeting, but one issue went unresolved.

Bases loaded, less than two outs, infield playing in. Ground ball to the 2nd baseman who comes home, but the throw is off to the right of the plate. The runner from 3rd touches the plate then maliciously contacts the catcher. We understand the player is ejected for malicious contact, he is called out, and the run comes off the board. The unresolved issue was what happens to the batter-runner.

We were told the reason for calling the runner out and taking the run off the board was he violated the force play slide rule. If that is the reason for the out, should we call the batter-runner out also?

Yes.

Note that had this not been a force play, the (former)runner would be ejected, but the run would count.