What iffy play

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by youngump

(Actually, rather literally a dream play, since I was in fact dreaming when I saw this and probably never will.)

So, in my sitch, the pitcher gets the ball back with runners on 2 and 3 and 2 is off the base. She freezes and then moves toward second. The pitcher without making a play realizes the runner is committed to third and just stands there. Pretty soon we have two runners on third, and I'm trying to figure out what to do. Then one steps off. I call her out. The coach comes out to argue and I wake up.

But it of course got me thinking, is the runner at 3rd considered off her base once the runner from 2nd gets there? Or vice versa? Can they both be stopped there until the pitcher makes a play? What if the pitcher decides to get set to pitch?

Thoughts?

Unless forced by a walk, award or a batted ball, the runner who already occupies third is the only person who has the right to it. An out can be recorded when both runners are standing on third by merely tagging the runner who came there from second.

However, from reading your post, it sounds like you should have a LBR violation before the runner from second ever made it to third. You said she froze, then moved back to second, and then on to third. She should be out.