Mens slow pitch softball, church 'D' level. Runners on first and second. Batter hits a ground ball to third base. Thirdbaseman misplays the ball, "boots it". While trying to recover the ball, the and runner 2, who is moving toward third, collide. If the ball had been fielded cleanly, IMO, no contact would have been made. I made a "no call" and the runner was eventualy tagged out as he and the thirdbaseman scrambled around on the ground. The home plate umpire said that the runner should have been out for interfearance, but that he did not see the third baseman boot the ball. We have a 50/50 split in our association about the right call. Can anyone shed some light on this?
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