Illegal Bat

[DrC.]

Tournament this weekend. NFHS rules. Told coaches in pre-game they can not use bats with diff of more than 5. Runner on second,
batter hits a triple. Coming back to the plate, the catcher is holding the bat and asked me to look at it. Diff was 8.
What to do???
1) Does the run count and you call the batter out, or
2) do you nullify the at bat totally by calling the batter and put the runner back to second???

[bob jenkins]

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Originally posted by DrC.:
Tournament this weekend. NFHS rules. Told coaches in pre-game they can not use bats with diff of more than 5. Runner on second,
batter hits a triple. Coming back to the plate, the catcher is holding the bat and asked me to look at it. Diff was 8.
What to do???
1) Does the run count and you call the batter out, or
2) do you nullify the at bat totally by calling the batter and put the runner back to second???

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Since this was discovered following an at-bat, but before the next pitch, the defense is given the option of the play or the penalty -- batter out, runners return.

I think it's so obvious here what they'd choose that I wouldn't even mention the option.