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Saw something a lot like that in a 9-10 game last night. R2 R3, no one out, two strikes on the batter, LL rules (no uncaught third strike rule). Batter swings at a pitch in the dirt and the ball scoots to the backstop.
R3 took off for home, R2 breaks for third. When the catcher comes up with the ball and tosses it to the pitcher covering home, R3 turned tail back to third. R2 doesn't stop and continues to third, so we end up with two runners on third. F1 throws to F5. R3 decides to head home again and is tagged as he steps off the bag. At the same time, R2 decides that two people can't be on the bag at a time so he heads back to second. F5 throws to F4 and gets R2 in a rundown, eventually tagging him out.
Offensive coach comes unglued and complains that the umpire should have stopped play the moment his runners became confused. The umpire sends him back to the dugout and the outs stand.
Not a bad call by the 13 year old umpire.
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