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Originally Posted by Thurman15
NFHS rule set. B1 gets hit in the face with the pitch and immediately becomes upset. PU calls dead ball and awards B1 1B. The batter runs directly from the batter's box into her team's dugout to get ice for her face. The OC asks the PU if he can put in a substitute to run for B1. The PU states that he wants B1 to go touch 1B first before allowing the substitute. DC wants B1 ruled out for entering the team area.
What is the correct ruling?
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It's a dead ball...she can enter the dugout, unlike ball 4 or dropped 3rd strike. Put the sub on the base. The hit batter doesn't have to touch first. Rules allow a sub to touch awarded bases due to injury.