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?

The replay shows the ball rolling into the dropped bat.

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?

6.04H has the answer to all the questions, in summary live ball unless umpire judgment rules intent to interfere on the contact.

Another issue on the play, as the batter runs up the line well inside the line I am thinking that if F2 plunks him with a throw from his knees we got a running lane violation and out of here with no-hitter intact. I also noted that U1 waited until every fan in the stadium was jumping for joy before making the obvious out call at 1B.