RUNNER HIT BY BALL

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by fmsc
Some may say TWP and I wouldn't disagree since I've have never witnessed this ;but I can imagine a situation where standing in foul ground doesn't protect the runner from interference.Hard shot off the front edge of third base which then strikes runner who is completely outside foul line.

The runner is still protected. The runner is (generally)out when he's hit by a fair ball in fair territory. In the play you describe he's hit by a fair ball in foul territory. The ball remains live.