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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
ASA, NCAA, FED (specify if you believe it differs).
No outs, runner on third. Deep drive to the fence. In your judgement, this is a prototypical sacrifice fly if it doesn't go over, runner will score if it's caught.
A spectator reaches over the fence and prevents the outfielder from catching the ball. Ruling?
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NCAA 4.9 EFFECT- If the act clearly prevented a fielder from catching a fly ball in the field of play, the ball is dead, the batter is out, and the umpire shall award the offended team the appropriate compensation (for example, return runners to bases, an out) that, in his or her opinion, wouid have resulted had interference not taken place.
As written in your sitch, I suppose a case could be made that both the offensive team
and defensive team were "offended." However, as written, the rule doesn't seem to support allowing the runner on 3rd to score.