Falling Onto the Fielder...and Not Getting Up

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by Manny A

Situation: I'm flying solo on a 10U rec game. R1 on first. Batter bunts down the first base line. F3 comes in and fields the ball, then throws to F4 covering first. The throw takes F4 into the BR's path. She makes the catch to retire the BR, and then there's a crash between the BR and F4. F4 goes down and the BR lands on top of her.

F4 makes absolutely no effort to get up, despite the fact that R1, now on second base, takes off for third. She lies there crying while the retired BR stays on her. The collision was very minor from my perspective, so I don't call Time. R1 makes it to third, and there is still no effort on F4's part to try to get up. The defensive team's coaches are yelling for Time from the first base dugout.

There's no rule set listed for this play, so I'll suggest this using ASA (since I've recently looked up the rule):

If F4 held the ball long enough for the BR to avoid a collision, might ASA 8-7-Q Apply?

When a defensive player has the ball and the runner remains upright and crashes into the defensive player.

EFFECT: The ball is dead. The runner is out. All runners must return to the last base touched. If the act is determined to be flagrant, the offender shall be ejected.