Uncaught 3rd strike

[charliej47]

I'm the BU for a 13U game being played under OBR rules.

The uncaught 3rd strike hit F2's chest protector and rebounded fair. As the batter-runner advanced toward 1st base he contacted the rolling ball.

It did not appear that he went toward the ball but that the ball rolled into his path.

PU did not rule a dead ball and the batter-runner reached 1st.

The defensive HC asked for a ruling. the PU asked me if I saw anything that would rule the batter-runner out. I told him that it looked like the ball hit him and not him hitting the ball. We both agreed there was nothing there and he told the coach that.

Did we mess up? I looked in the rule book last night and can't find anything to contradict our judgment.