Runner Gives Himself Up

[MichaelVA2000]

Babe Ruth Seniors game and I am in the B position with a runner on 1st and one out. Grounder to F6, he bobbles the ball and seeing that he has no play at second, fires to F3 for an out. R1 thinking there would be a play at second slides and is safe.

Now I'm in C with the runner at second, pitcher comes to the set position and then steps off and starts walking towards third base. I turn wondering what F1 is doing when I see R1 walking just past F6 looking down at the ground. Coaches & fans are yelling at R1 to run but he is not listening. F1 tags him for the 3rd.

Later, I asked F1's first base coach what was up with his runner and the coach said the player is refusing to talk about it. I'm thinking....major brain fart.

Michael