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Originally Posted by recoachtn
Runners on first and second. Batter gets basehit to right field. Runners advance. Throwing error has lead runner heading to home and middle runner heading to third. Lead runner touches home but, due to confusion of coaches/parents yelling "back, back" (meant for middle runner now rounding third), lead runner heads back to third base. Middle runner heads home and passes lead runner now heading back to third. Fielding team tags both runners.
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Originally Posted by recoachtn
Would there not be call for some sort of interference? In this case, the throwing error that allowed the second runner to score was in response to R2 heading back towards third. I can understand not removing the run from the board but is there no effect of his reentering the field of play while play is still active?
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Okay, either something's wrong here, or I just haven't had enough coffee this morning. At first you said there was a throwing error that allowed R2 to head to home. Then you said the throwing error happened as R2 was running back towards third. Which was it?
Also, you never answered a pertinent question here, and that was: When/where was R1 tagged? Did it happen before he reached home, or afterward?
I'm having trouble understanding why the umpires allowed both runs to score. For sure, R2's run counts as others have said. But I'm not sure why R1 would be allowed to score as well unless the tag happened after he touched home.