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on deck batter
One of my ex-house league players was on-deck and after our batter reached 1B on an infield hit, the overthrow came near him. so he picked it up and tossed it to the pitcher. By this time, the runner from 3B had already scored. So the pitcher complains to the ump that the on-deck hitter touched a live ball, even though the play was essentially over.
The ump ruled the batter out and the runner must return to 3B, taking a run off the board. There was 1 out at the time this happened.
How badly did the umpire botch this play?
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