1 or 2 Base Award?

[Carl Childress]

Originally posted by greymule
Well, "rolls into the path of the batter" doesn't sound as if it was going out of play on its own. And it does say the batter kicks it. Two bases.

It is no longer a pitch when the catcher drops it, and its momentum as a pitch is over.

It was an unintentional deflection, so the batter is not to blame.

When a live ball goes to dead ball territory, unless it's a pitch or a throw from the rubber, the award is 2 bases. Right?