Dead ball Ball

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by Inthegame

Pitch is a change up
Batter either moves hands toward pitch to get hit or
She was attempting a swing anyway movement was toward the pitch not away from pitch
Ball hits her hands on bat and ball goes foul
Umpire places batter on first HBP
Elon coach argues batter moved to get hit by pitch
Umpires confer and decision was the following
All runners return to base
Batter returns to plate
Count is now 3-2
Ruling is a Dead Ball, Ball

Wow. It would be hard to convince me that the batter allowed the ball to hit her hand while it was still on the bat. Most often, batters stick out an elbow or knee to let the pitch hit them. But the hands on the bat? That would hurt, even with a change up!

HTBT, but I would consider that an attempt to hit the ball, because as she moves her hands toward the ball, she's also moving the bat toward it. I would rule a dead ball strike on this one.