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Originally Posted by Steven Tyler
You're reading something somewhere. Catchers have always gotten a putout on a caught third strike. Nine inning and losing team is home, the box score should account for a total of 54 putouts. No more or no less. A KO can go from 1-2-3 on a dropped third strike. Pitcher and catcher get an assist and first baseman will get a putout. As least that is the way I remember the way it was scored from years ago.
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Get a pre-2006 rule book and check out the wording, which has been now changed in the new books. Read 10.10 (a) (1 through 7) and see that it doesn't mention strikeouts for catcher's putouts. Like I said, there was a gap in the rules, but now it has been addressed.