Out of play rules, 3rd base side (no fence)

[bobbrix]

Hi all,

Saw this call the other night at a ‘fenceless’ diamond, what would you call?

Hard hit grounder well past third (fair) into left field, but with an arc and spin on it that is now sending it into foul territory.

Ball ends up rolling through foul territory and beyond the imaginary line where a 3rd-base-side fence should be.

F7 runs over, picks up ball and relays in. Effectively, she has jumped the fence and her entire body was out of play along with the ball.

BR is rounding 3B, but PU calls time and sends BR back to 3rd … “Ball out of play!!!”

2 Questions:

1) Should he have awarded her the one base and given the home run? I’m kind of linking it to the ‘unintentionally carries the ball into the dugout’ scenario.

2) Please remind me of a basic a fly ball rule … let’s say there is a fence, do we have an out if F7 reaches over the 3rd base side fence and catches a foul ball?

Thanks in advance for any comments, etc..