Verifying - NFHS / ASA

[DaveASA/FED]

8-6-10
ART. 10 . . . The runner interferes:

a. with a fielder attempting to make the initial play on a fair batted ball (2-47).

2-47-3
ART. 3 . . .Initial Play. A fielder is considered to be making an initial play on a fair batted ball when she:

a. Has a reasonable chance to gain control of a ground ball that no other fielder (except the pitcher) has touched. (8-8-6)

b. Has a reasonable chance to catch the ball in flight or catch the ball in flight after it touches another fielder.

c. Fails to gain control of the batted ball and is within a step and a reach (in any direction) of the spot of the initial contact.

By 8-6-10 if you judge the runner being contacted with the ball interferred with the fielders opportunity to make an initial play on the ball then you have INT and the runner is out.

By 2-47-3a the play described is still considered an initial play on the ball, that is as long as the umpire judges the fielder has a resonable change to gain control of that batted ball.

So as 8-8-6 says your not out for just being hit by the ball, but you could be out if that causes interference with a fielder making an initial play on the ball.