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Originally Posted by FutureUmp
Two Balls Two Strikes, ball hits batter in left elbow. PU says its a ball because he "leaned in" to intentionally get struck. I called time and asked for a repeat fo the call and he said same thing. I asked how could he call "ball" when batter was struck (his call, intentional) and that i thought it should be a strike three, batter out. The batter ended up walking and costing us a run. What is the correct call for this if he intentionally leaned in to be struck?
Thanks for an answer for what seems like a no brainer but I cannot find a rule.
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If the umpire ruled the batter "leaned" into the pitch, the ball is dead and he calls the pitch a ball or strike depending on the location as he would any other pitch. If it hit the batter's elbow he might have ruled that it was up, thus a ball, or it may have been in, thus a ball. He wouldn't call a strike unless the contact took place in the strike zone.