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Originally Posted by HandCheck7

Got an email with this situation, just checking to see what the experts think.

Runner at second, 1 out. Fly ball to left fielder that is caught. Runner at second thinks 2 outs and runs to third. Defense throws ball to third and runner is tagged and BU signals safe. Reasoning is that the player is on the base. When ball is thrown to pitcher, runner goes back to second to tag up and ball is of course thrown away and runner heads back to third. The defense then wants to appeal he left early. What a mess this sounds like. Could the runner have been called out when tagged at third?? Thanks in advance.

Sounds like an unmistakeable appeal to me. R2 out for failing to tag up on the caught fly ball.


Tim.