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This situation seemed to be a collection of errors on everyone's part. Im am not defending the obvious errors of the officials for that contest however, I hope they learned from what seems to be a judgement and mechanic error.
Having said that, wether the officials had or had not announced the "Infield Fly", (and pointed one of their limbs, right/left, to the sky or somewhere), it is the responsibilty of the offense and/or defense to be aware of an infield fly situation.
Had this been a pop-up that was caught with reasonable effort, the fact that it was, or was not announced by the officials, had no bearing on the outcome. Batterrunner is out. Remember, just because the officials don't announce "Infield Fly", it still happens and is ineffect, and your runners are at their own risk.
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