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STEP 1:
7.09 It is interference by a batter or a runner when-
(m) A fair ball touches him on fair territory before touching a fielder.....
PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE:The runner is out and the ball is dead.
Step 2:
6.08 The batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base without liability to be put out (provided he advances to and touches first base) when-
(d) A fair ball touches an umpire or a runner on fair territory before touching a fielder....
Step 3:
7.04 Each runner, other than the batter, may without liability to be put out, advance one base when-
(b) The batter's advance without liability to be put out forces the runner to vacate his base, or when the batter hits a fair ball that touches another runner or the umpire before such ball has been touched by, or has passed a fielder, if the runner is forced to advance;...
Step 4:
5.09 The ball becomes dead and runners advance one base, or return to their bases, without liability to be put out, when-
(f) A fair ball touches a runner or an umpire on fair territory before it touches an infielder including the pitcher, ...l; runners advance if forced;
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