Batter advance to second on wild pitch

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Wed May 09, 2007, 10:59pm

bluezebra

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sgavre

Can a batter advance/steal second on a wild overthrow for a ball 4 count ?

Batter left home running towards 1st on a ball 4 pitch that went behind catcher. Upon arriving at 1st he then ran to second because catcher had not secured the ball. Can he legally do this?

Not only may he do this, he can round ALL the bases.

Bob

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