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Originally Posted by John Robertson
One problem I see in ruling this a foul ball instead of a swing and a miss is that the batter may have saved himself/herself from a strikeout by hitting the ball (albeit inadvertently) on the backswing. The pitcher gets cheated out of a strikeout if there were already two strikes on the batter.
Maybe we have an illegally batted ball here? The batter has, in effect, swung twice at the pitch.
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OK, but the rule Mark referenced is a swing/miss and contact on the follow through. It doesn't say "unless strike 3."
Maybe it should, but note the rule does recognize the possiblity of there already being 2 strikes on the batter with the reference to 7-6-L.