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Runner Hits Shortstop? What's the call?
Well I was watching my girlfriends softball game and being a baseball player myself I was very interested in figuring out the correct call for this play.
First of all there are runners on 1st 2nd and 3rd less no outs. The batter hits a ground ball to the shortstop. The runner runs into the shortstop causing her to make an error.
After this occurs the field umpire rules the ball dead. He calls the runner out that interfered with the shortstop. He also rules that the runner on first is allowed to advance and the batter reaches first safetly, yet the runner on 3rd base who would have scored is called back.
In short the batter and runner on 1st base advance a base, the runner the hit the shortstop is called out and the runner on 3rd base has to stay on 3rd.
This is obviously the wrong call since only one runner isn't allowed to advance.Please give me your thoughts. Thank you
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