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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Depends. Did the batter take off toward 1B without being prompted by the umpire, or did the PU actually indicate is was "ball four" and award the batter 1B?
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OP indicated that the PU "awards batter."
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Originally Posted by OP
PU awards batter 1st base thinking it is ball 4
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If not for that, then sure, defense should pay attention and pick at least one of them off and the advances stand. Kind of like the runs that score when the BR takes off for 1B on dropped third stike with 1B occupied and fewer than 2 out.