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FWIW, batter interference in NCAA play is no longer an immediate dead ball. It is a delayed dead so that the defense can have the benefit of a more opportune result of the play.
For example, R2 attempts to steal third. Batter leans back into F2 as she tries to throw the ball to third. The contact causes the ball to go into foul territory toward the dugout. F5 chases down the ball as R2 rounds the bag at third, but slips as she tries to stop herself. F5 retrieves the ball, and throws it to F6 covering third, who tags R2 out.
The defense now has the option of taking the results of the play (batter stays up to bat, but R2 is out) or the interference (batter is out, R2 returns to second base).
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Mon Mar 12, 2018, 04:28pm
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