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Originally Posted by bfoster

I'm confused. Did the umpire get this wrong? If the pitch hit his hand, it should have been a dead ball. If the pitch hit the bat and then his hand, it should be a foul ball. Am I missing something?

If, as the article states, the pitch hit his hand while he was attempting to hit the ball, the ball is dead and a strike is charged to the batter. If that was the third strike he would be out. It is not a foul ball.