Where to put the batter?

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by DTQ_Blue

Bases empty 3-2 on batter. Pitch is in dirt, ball 4, bounces off catchers gear and into his team's dugout.

Does batter only get first, which he had anyway on the walk, or does he get second, i.e., a one base award beyond the base he was entitled to from the walk.

This happened in a tournament game tonight.

BTW, he was the potential tying run with his team down to its last out.

Base awards are not accumulative. On a ball thrown into dead ball territory from the rubber the award is one base from the time the ball was released. Since the batter-runner had not legally obtained first base before the ball was released, that's as far as he goes on the award. The thing to remember is that on a base on balls a batter runner may be entitled to first base, but he has to advance to first legally in order to obtain the base.


Tim.