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A ball in a defensive player's possession that subsequently goes out of play because the player lost control of it (e.g., ball kicked out of his/her glove on a tag), the award is one base from when the ball enters DBT (8-5-G Exception 1; Rule Supp 38).
A thrown ball that deflects off a fielder, runner, umpire, base, etc., and goes into DBT is a two-base award from the time of throw. (8-5-G).
I'm now not too sure what happens when a runner accidentally kicks a loose ball into DBT. For example, sharp ball to F5 who can only deflect it behind her, and R2 slides into third and inadvertently kicks the ball under a gap in the fence. Or a throw that eludes F5, and again R2 slides into third and same thing. I believe it's only one base.
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