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Originally Posted by craig96
With a runner on second, 0 outs, the batter swings at strike three, which gets away from the catcher. The batter is safe at first, the runner safe at third.
The scoring for the batter I believe is that he reached on an error, the pitcher gets a strikeout for his stats, but does the runner get credit for a stolen base?
In a younger grade where stealing is not allowed yet, should a runner be allowed to advance on a dropped third strike, or would this officially be considered a steal?
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Technically, by rule, a wild pitch or passed ball is recorded as such an an error is not recorded. So the pitcher gets a K and a wild pitch if it was wild, if not he gets a K and the catcher gets a passed ball.
BR is credited with reaching base on a wild pitch or passed ball as the case may be, not a steal. And he is charged with a time at bat. R2 who went to 3B is credited with advancing on a wild pitch as the case may be, no steal.
The last question is for the league adminstrators to decide how they want the game played, but I have never seen a league with 60 foot bases allow a BR to try to advance to 1B on a dropped 3rd strike.