We screwed this one up.....

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Originally Posted by Andy

Teebob and I worked a Jr College DH today. NCAA rules

R1 on second, R2 on first no outs.

I am PU. Teebob is BU.

Sinking line drive hit to F4, ball hits ground and short hops into F4's glove, I am emphatically pointing toward the ground to indicate I do not have a catch, but no verbal.

F4 throws to F3 at first to retire batter-runner, F3 throws to F6 at second and BU signals an out, thinking that we have a caught fly ball and an appeal of R1 leaving second early. Both teams start to leave the field. I immediately call TIME and we get together. I ask if he had a catch on the slinking line drive, he tells me No, I saw your signal and I don't have a catch either.

Any suggestions on how to fix this or what we could have done differently?

Keep the out @ 1B on the BR. R1 & R2 are now on 3B & 2B, respectively.

OTOH, I don't know if I would have called time so quickly as I always have a tendency to watch how teams react. I have had teams literally run off the field with less than 3 outs as a set play, though this obviously doesn't seem to be a situation where that would occur. In this case, IMO, you made the right move in recognizing something was wrong as long as the runners also abandoned their base as a reaction to the erroneous call.