Interference on batter?

[Dakota]

As I said in another thread, fundamental to interference is there must be a play to interfere with. The batter is not automatically out just because she made contact with the ball, after all, it was a poor defensive play (pitch in the dirt not blocked by the catcher) that caused the whole thing.

OTOH, the batter is not protected just because this is her normal between pitch routine. If she steps out of the box with a wild pitch or passed ball, she is at risk for an interference call.

HTBT, but if you judged that there was no play, then there was no interference.