Run scores ... or not... or yes it does 2 innings later

[MD Longhorn]

"A phone call was even placed to Marcy Thurwachter, the WIAA assistant director in charge of softball, to affirm the umpires’ decision to end the game with the reversed call."

I think we talked about this once before. I think my view at the time was the same as yours, Dakota - the decision regarding whether the run scored or not was made (incorrectly) and if it was to be changed it needed to be protested at that moment.

However, I believe we were told (and my fuzzy memory does not recall by whom, or whether it was NFHS or ASA to be completely honest) that the run scored when it scored. The umpires did not disallow it because they believed the appeal occurred before the run scoring - the removal of the run from the board at that point was not a judgement call or a rule error, but rather a SCORING error - which can (and must) be corrected when discovered, even if 2 innings later.

I can truly see both sides of this.