What should the PU do?

[chapmaja]

Originally Posted by Insane Blue

Agreed it is not a player substitution but it is a unreported positional substitution (substituted the pitcher with another defensive player in the game) that is covered by using Rule 3-3-3-b

Rule 3-3-3b does not apply in this situation. The reason is does not apply is the entire wording of 3-3-3. The key portion is ..... "a substitute has entered the game when

b. a pitcher takes his her position on the pitchers plate.


We need to go to rule 2-57-1 which define a substitute:

A substitute is a player who is NOT LISTED on the lineup as a starter but who may legally replace a starting player. ........


In the OP, the player who came in to pitch was listed on the line, therefore she was not a substitute for the pitcher, so 3-3-3b does not apply.