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THis play happened in an 11u game I was watching after my son's game last night:
Last inning, bases loaded, two outs, home team is batting and down by 3 runs. The pitcher walks the batter, forcing home a run. The runner at 2nd, seeing that nobody is paying attention, heads for home, too. The catcher tags him high, and umpire safe. But...he changes his mind saying the first runner never touched home plate, so the first runner was out, the run didn't count, and the game is over. What rule(s) applies here? The rule book states that a runner that is entitled to a base uncontested may be put out by touching the base or tagging the runner if he forfeits the base by going past it. I know that if a runner returns to the dugout without touching home he can be put out by stepping on the plate. But what if the catcher makes a play on the next runner? Does he then forfeit his right to put out the first runner? Can they then make a play on the first runner after the second one has already scored? Or could the second runner be called out because, by crossing home plate before the runner ahead of him actually did, he passed another runner ahead of him? |
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