Kicked one tonight / MS game

[chapmaja]

4th inning B8 is due up. B9 comes up and draws a walk. OC comes out and says we had the incorrect batter. No pitches thrown to B1 yet. I called B8 out, and stupid me, let B9's walk stand. We continued with 1 out and B9 on first base.

It should have been an out on B8, B9 comes back up to bat and we continue with 1 out and B9 up, correct.

I have never had an OC come up and tell me his team batter our of order, before the next pitch. I've had it after the first pitch, but never before.

Also had a batter come in with her own helmet minus the face shield. She arrived after the game started so the batting helmet wasn't checked. She walked into the ODC with it and the coach was immediately told she needed a different helmet. Got to explain to mom why that helmet (borrowed from baseball playing brother) wasn't legal.

At least my screwup didn't change the outcome. The final was 22-7 in 5 innings, using a 7 run per inning rule. If we didn't have that rule we might still be playing the top of the first inning.