Thread: Who is out?
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Old Fri Aug 28, 2009, 09:55am
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Originally Posted by harmbu View Post
FED. R1 and R3 two outs. R1 attempts to steal second. F2 throws and the ball is cut off by F6. On the return throw B1 interferes. The interference is called. Who is out? R3 or B1?
With 2 outs, the batter is out. 8-4-2l.1

Quote:
Originally Posted by 2009 Rule Book
8-4-2: Any runner is out when he:
l. attempts to advance to home base when the batter interferes with a play at
home base, with less than two outs; or
1. If there are two outs, the batter is out because of his interference and
since he is the third out, the runner cannot score
. But if there are not
two outs, the runner is out and the batter is not penalized.
OBR reference: 7.08g.
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