HBP or Fair Ball

[MNBlue]

Fed rules. No one on, no one out. Pitch comes right at the batter, she moves to protect her self, bringing the bat up. I 'think' it hits her, but not sure since she is between myself and the ball. Ball rolls to F1. Batter doesn't move. Defense doesn't move. Third base coach yells run, and then BR runs to first, F1 throws to F3 to retire BR.

As F1 is making the play to F3, I kill the play, believing I have HBP. Before all h#$% breaks loose, I go to U1 and ask him if he had a HBP, and he replies that he was sure that the ball hit the bat. I ask U2, and he thinks that the ball hit the player and then the bat. What a cluster!!! I decide to put the BR on first as HBP, since that is what I had, and I killed the play.

Beside me not killing the play and figuring out the HBP/fair ball after the runner had been retired, could it have been handled any differently? Are there any other options other than putting the BR on first?