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Originally Posted by jicecone
I think you mean 7-3-5 Penalty.
For the batters inteference? Only if the umpires judges that a double play was not possible. Eg. Batter strikes out and crosses in front of catcher. Catcher goes to take the ball out of his glove to throw and drops the ball.
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Correct. I did mean 7-3-5 penalty.
As for your answer 'only if'...it does not apply to my sitch. The sitch has the batter interfering. Key elements...
The batter strikes out, then interferes with F2's attempt to retire R1. Is there any reason why R1 would not be out in this situation?