Scoring question from an umpire

[bluezebra]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Yes, I know, scoring questions are not generally for umpires, but I figured that with the amount of intelligent people out there, someone would be able to answer this...

In the event of an advantageous 4th out (assume continuous play), does the combination of the 3rd and 4th out on the same play count in the statistics as a "double play"?

NO. The "Fourth Out" is only a figure of speech. Technically, and by rule, there can only be three outs in any half inning.

Bob