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When to kill the play?
We had this situation today (JV game), luckily the player was able to return for the second game of the DH.
F1 throws the pitch which is lined back up the middle hitting the pitcher in the leg before bouncing into foul territory beyond first base. The pitcher immediately crumples to the ground, grabbing her leg. The batter runner, seeing the ball bounce away rounds first and heads standing into second.
Should the umpires have killed the play as soon as the ball hit the pitcher and bounded away? Should we have let play continue until all playing action stopped before killing play?
We let the play continue and killed it as soon as the runner stopped at second base.
My thinking on this is that the ball hit the lower leg of the pitcher, not the head, neck, or chest area. As such, the risk of a serious injury is limited compared with a hit to the above mentioned areas.
Under the rules, we can kill the play and award the bases we feel the batter runner and runners would have reached had the play not been stopped correct?
What would you do in a similar situation?
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