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Odd situation in youth ball. runners lst and 3rd, batter swings and misses on steal attempt to 2nd base. Defensive team has "play" on where the catcher fires the ball as if throwing to 2nd and actually throws to SS who then fires home to get the runner from 3rd who breaks for plate.
Batter for some unexplainable reason hits the ball.
Result?
I ruled batter out and runners return to bases. I truly had no idea what proper ruling should be.
Coach of offensive team agreed w/ my ruling.
Coach of defensive team said runner on third out and batter out (but argued at least runner should be out).
My main rationale was that best case scenerio for def. team was one out, but that out was not a sure thing (catcher could drop ball, miss tag, runner could get in a pickle and be safe at either base. I felt I could not call runner out but had to call batter out.
Was I right or wrong???
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