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Injury
Had this happen tonight. Women's SP. Batter hits a HARD grounder that skips once and hits the pitcher in the knee. The pitcher collapses. The B-R is halfway to 1B and everyone, B-R included, with bat in hand, converges to the mound. I look at the 1B and it's clear noone is going to complete the play, so I call time, because it's obvious that the game is secondary at this point. The pitcher is an older gal who was hit in the shin last year and missed several games. She wears shin guards now. She is moaning "my knee", so I'm worried she's seriously hurt. Eventually she gets up and is ok, so I send the B-R back to bat, because she didn't make it to first and no out was recorded. When there was a mild objection (a little from both sides), I offered to put her on 1B, but both teams were fine with sending the batter back. In retrospect I probably just should have put her on first to avoid the drama of another AB right away. What is the official ruling?
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