Bounced 3rd K
NFHS Game in CT on Wednesday. Two outs, R1 on 3B. 0-2 count on B2. Next pitch bounces in dirt in front of plate, as over-anxious B2 swings and misses. F2 makes a nice scoop of bounced pitch. PU signals and calls 'Strike three.' F2 tosses ball back toward pitching circle, defensive team heads into first base dugout, B2 heads back toward, but not into third base dugout. Head coach calls quietly over to B2, 'run to first!', and tells R1 to 'go touch home'. Runners do as instructed. BR2 gets to 1B and first base coach tells her to keep running. Defense comes out of dugout, not knowing what is going on. Finally one defensive player sort of realizes what is going on and picks up the ball and tags BR2 for the third out, just before she rounds the bases and scores another run. Defensive coach comes out to ask PU what happened. PU has to explain to her why the bounced third K is considered a dropped 3K, and the batter must be put out by the defense.
Ever see one like that?
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