Live or Dead ball?

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Spine13

So in our game yesterday we had our batter lay down a bunt. The catcher fielded the ball and tried to throw out our runner at 1st. The catcher hit the first baseman who was charging, in the mask. The ball roles foul near the first base fence but in play. Our girl runs to 2nd on the play and prob could have gotten 3rd. The umpire call a dead ball and returns my girl from 2nd to first. My question is: Should play have been stopped with a dead ball? And is so shouldn't my runner at least be awarded the base she would have gotten?

It really would help if the OP would return and answer some of the questions.

Assuming this was a youth or high school game, given the part I underlined, with the hyper-vigilance being emphasized these days regarding concussions, it is possible the umpire was applying the CDC guidelines, which say in part:

"Watch out for possible concussions.
► Use injury timeouts to ensure that an athlete
with a possible concussion is removed from
play. When in doubt, sit them out!"

Did anyone ask why the dead ball was called? Or, was it apparently to allow the coach to tend to his player and/or check for a concussion?

If that was the reason, the umpire was perhaps over-vigilant in killing the play in progress.