Quote:
Originally posted by sparkysdad
Watched an NSA girls fastpitch softball game earlier today and the following situation occurred:
The game is tied 6-6 in the 5th inning with no time left on the clock. The home team is batting with 1 out and bases loaded. Batter hits a pop fly to shallow right field. F9 catches the ball cleanly and BU signals for the 2nd out of the inning. F9 throws to F2 a little late to get R1 out who did tag up. R2 was off of 2nd when the ball was caught and never tagged up. The defensive coach instructs the F2 to throw the ball to 2nd. F4 catches the ball and steps on 2nd. BU who stayed with the play calls R2 out for failing to tag up. R1 definitely touched home plate before R2 was ruled out for the 3rd out of the inning. FWIW all of this happened bang-bang in just about the same time it took you to read this.
HTBT? If not, does the home team win 7-6 or is the game still tied and go to an inning of international tie-breaker?
BTW I'm a long time reader but this is my first post. Thanks to all for the valuable information on this forum and for any insight into the proper ruling in this situation.
|
The moment F9 caught the fly ball, everything else became a time play which means that any runner touching the plate prior to the 3rd out scores.
__________________
The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
|