Cal Ripken Ball In Play Rule Question

[UmpJM]

Refinator,

It depends.

Was the throw by the infielder which went out of play the "first play" attempted by the defense after a batted ball? If so, then it would depend on what base the runner "occupied" at the time the pitcher initiated his delivery.

If it was the first play and the runner occupied 1B at the Time of Pitch (TOP), then the correct award would be 3B. Doesn't matter if the runner is halfway between 1B and 2B, halfway between 2B and 3B, or alread rounding 3B.

If the throw was NOT the 1st play by an infielder, then it depends on what base the runner had reached/passed at the time the throw left the infielder's hand. He would be awarded 2 bases beyond that base.

7.05
Each runner including the batter runner may, without liability to be put out, advance_ ...(g) Two bases when, with no spectators on the playing field, a thrown ball goes into the stands, or into a bench (whether or not the ball rebounds into the field), or over or under or through a field fence, or on a slanting part of the screen above the backstop, or remains in the meshes of a wire screen protecting spectators. The ball is dead. When such wild throw is the first play by an infielder, the umpire, in awarding such bases, shall be governed by the position of the runners at the time the ball was pitched; in all other cases the umpire shall be governed by the position of the runners at the time the wild throw was made; ...

JM