Dropped 3rd strike?

[Dakota]

Originally posted by SC Ump
If the pitch should touch the ground, bounce up and the batter's bat makes contact with the ball... and then the ball goes directly to the catchers glove/mitt, and the catcher catches the ball... it is then considered a (caught) foul tip and an out.

Only if there were already 2 strikes.

The main point here is that once the bat makes contact with the ball, the status of the ball changes from a pitched ball to a batted ball. Whether the ball hit the ground prior to becoming a batted ball is irrelevant. It is a batted ball like any other batted ball.