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On the other hand, you're also preventing the offense from taking advantage of a lodged ball. The rules have you kill the play so that other runners aren't able to advance while the defense is trying to figure out how to get the ball dislodged. The base award isn't there to penalize the defense, it's to ensure that the offense attains extra bases as a counterbalance to the advantage the defense may receive as a result of killing the play.
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