Out or play on

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by chapmaja

My call was a dead ball, interference and an out. What I did not say in the OP was that the catcher had a chance to make a play and the ball was deflected away from the catcher by the moving bat. Since the bat contacting the ball occurred in fair territory and affected the catchers opportunity to make a play on the runner coming home from third (bases were loaded at the time), I had to call interference and call the batter out, returning the runners to the bases occupied at the time of the pitch.

Correct call, wrong reason. Doesn't matter if catcher did or did not have a play. If the bat hit the ball, you have an out.