The female is not awarded 2nd
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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp
If the pitch is called illegal, a ball is awarded to the batter, unless the batter swings. The runners do not advance a base (that's a fast pitch rule). Nothing more. If it's ball 4, then a male batter is awarded 2B, and a female batter is awarded 1B.
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The female batter has a choice to either bat or take 1st base. But this is only with 2 outs. The umpire does not automatically award the base.
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