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Originally Posted by DTQ_Blue
After action is completed, call dead ball, return all runners (not just the one who left early) to original bases unless forced to advance due to the batter reaching base. Any forced advance of runners due to a hit ball is determined based upon value of the hit so if batter hits a clean single and it rolls thru F8 legs and batter winds up on 3rd, he is awarded a single and runners are only advanced one base (if forced). So if you have a runner at second and third, and the runner at second left early, and a clean single to center field rolls thru F8 legs, you end up with bases loaded and no runs scored. No runner is forced to advance and the runner on 3rd is penalized for R2's mistake.
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You sure about this? It has been a long time, but my memory is that a runner who left early can not advance more than one base beyond the batter or the base he is forced to. It don't seem logical in your situation to not allow the runners on 2b and 3B to score when the batter hits a ball and ends up on 3B. Leaving early at 2B had no bearing on the play and if we put the runners back where they started the batter is on first. Just don't seem logical to me. We penalize the offense 2 runs for something that had no bearing on the play and reward the defense for making an error.