Last out of Halliday No-Hitter

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Originally Posted by Bluefoot

Should the last play in the no-hitter have been an automatic out when the batter's dropped bat touched the batted ball?

Does baseball have a rule that if the bat rolls into the ball, the batter is out and it's a dead ball, but if the ball rolls into the bat, it's a live ball?

I saw nothing conclusive from the angles they had. If I would have had anything, it would have been ball rolling into bat, which is nothing, live ball. And yes, there are rulings concerning the two differences when ball and bat make contact in live ball territory. You are correct.

Congrats to Halladay.