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Originally Posted by Tex
Did not read how far the ball traveled toward F6, (1 foot, 2 feet, 5 feet, 10 feet, etc.???). All we know is that the ball went toward F6. Beyond a step and a reach from the first touch spot, 8-8-6 is used.
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1) re: 8-8-6 as you quoted, the OP is not about a runner being hit by a batted/deflected ball.
It is about a runner interferreing (or not) with a fielder fielding a deflected ball.
2) Step and reach does not apply here since we are talking ball. But if it helps, the ball was deflected well away from the pitcher. It was not a "muff" nor an "error".
F6 was trying to gain control of a ball that had been deflected by the pitcher.