Right on Mark!!! Unless as Tugger pointed out, the official determined that the player who batted the ball had actually gained control (defined as holding or dribbling a live ball inbounds) while batting the ball, this is a no-call situation. A simple batting of the ball is not control. For a bat of the ball to be control, in my humble opinion, the player would have to appear to catch and then throw the ball with one or both hands rather than to just bat it as if it were a volleyball spike.
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