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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
In our Men's C SP States yesterday, I was called onto the field to make a ruling on a play.
Three umpire system. No runners. 0-1 count on batter.
U2 rules illegal pitch (not in contact with pitcher's plate). Batter gets a clean base hit to right field.
Umpire inadvertently (okay, he just screwed up) calls "time" and BR picks up his bat and returns to the plate.
What is your ruling?
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Since the batter put the ball into play, the illegal pitch is cancelled, so there is no ball/strike count to worry about.
Once the umpire killed the play, I was required to allow any runners to complete their running assignments. Since there is only one base available to the BR, I ruled the BR awarded 1B.
The defense didn't like it, but there was very little choice.
And, yes, the crew and I had a nice little discussion after the game and before any post-game refreshments.