Fri Sep 01, 2006, 02:54pm
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Originally Posted by Dakota
Welcome, Bart.
Taking the umpire's calls on the play(s) at 2B at face value, we have no force out made and no tag, and when Carl attempt to advance to 3B, an overthrow. So no outs recorded, and all runners safe.
A runner is not automatically out when 2 runners occupy the same base. The defense must tag the runner who is not entitled to the base. This would have been Carl in your situation.
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Or the base if the defense beats the runner, as the OP implied (" throws it to 2B in time to beat Mike, and force an out").
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