umpire hit by batted ball deflected by the pitcher

[jwwashburn]

NFHS rules
I have scoured the book.
I find definitions but cannot find the result.

In the index, there is a mysterious citation for rule 3-3-1f which addresses video monitoring.

So, here is the play.

No outs R1 on 3rd
Ball deflects off the pitcher and hits my partner on the foot. Please note:I kept my mask on so as not to let one I was laughing at him.

What is the correct call?

Thanks

[dash_riprock]

Play the bounce. When the ball is deflected, 5-1-1-f-1 (ump interference) no longer applies, and when the ball hits the umpire, it is no longer in flight.

[CT1]

Dead when it touches an umpire before touching any fielder, or passes any fielder other than the pitcher. Play on McDuff.

[jwwashburn]

I get that it is dead ball.

Send the runner back to third and place the batter on first is what we did. However, the NFHS book is not easy to navigate. I cannot find confirmation that I am right about this.

[RPatrino]

On the deflection, play on.

[jwwashburn]

ART. 1 . . . Ball becomes dead immediately when:
f. a fair batted ball:
1. touches a runner or an umpire before touching any fielder and before
passing any fielder other than the pitcher,

The Table on Page 35:

Activity: 14. Fair batted ball touches umpire before it touches a fielder
or passes any fielder except the pitcher ............................................. 5-1-1f

Awards or Penalties: 14. Runners return to bases occupied at time of pitch unless forced by
batter-runner. Batter awarded first base and credited with a single . 8-1-2b

I was unable to see this until I could search it on an online copy...just could not see it.

So, we got it right.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

I get that it is dead ball.

Why do you "get" that? It's not. It's nothing. Play on.

Send the runner back to third and place the batter on first is what we did. However, the NFHS book is not easy to navigate. I cannot find confirmation that I am right about this.

That would be because you are not right about this. You shouldn't have stopped play at all.

[jwwashburn]

Congrats on thinking up witty comments.