Line drive hits runner

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by youngump

Why would the ball be dead? The ball is killed by hitting a runner when
a) the runner isn't in contact with a base
and
b) it hasn't passed a fielder OR it has passed a fielder but another fielder has a play on it

(this also answers your other question.)

Since you killed it that's an inadvertent call of time, sort it out accordingly.

I actually found the answer to this after I found an online copy of the rulebook.

The answer is in rule 8-1-E Effect 3.

Since the ball had not yet past the fielder, the ball is DEAD.

This rule is referenced by rule 8-8-M