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Wow. So much incorrect there. I'll only state the obvious one. "There can be no wild pitch on a strike." Complete and utter nonsense, no offense. There can be, and often is. Strike two bounces past the catcher, and R1 goes to 2nd. Wild pitch. Or a swinging strike three bounces past the catcher - K/WP allowing batter to reach.
Throw me in the camp that scores this run. Here's my logic.
Move the runner from 3rd to 2nd, and change the number of outs to 1. Same rules are in play, by the way, but this is to clarify.
Sitch 1 - Improper batter singles, R2 moves to 3rd or scores. Defense appeals - proper batter is out, AND YOU MOVE THE RUNNER BACK TO SECOND. So if the single scored a run, you're erasing the run on the appeal of BOO.
Sitch 2 - Improper batter strikes out, ball gets away, R2 moves to 3rd, batter reaches 1st. Defense appeals. Batter is out, and you do NOT move the runner back to second. Why? Because the advance was not CAUSED by batter reaching first - it was caused by the passed ball. There is NO difference between the logic of this situation and the logic of the initial post. The run did NOT score BECAUSE of the actions of the improper batter - it scored because of the wild pitch.
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