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matt m asked in SportsBaseball · 1 decade ago

how in the heck do you rule this freak play.....?

ok. runner is on third base and there is 1 out. The batter strikes out swinging on a slider that hits the dirt. The ball bounces off the catchers shin pad out in front of the guy running to first and he accidently kicks it with his shin as he's leaving the box and it ricochets to a point where the third base runner scores.

I saw this in a college game earlier. Is that batter out? can you advance to home? is it some sort of interference?

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  • DaM
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    EDIT: I blew it. Wasn't a batted ball!

    Still not out.

    From MLB Umpire's Manual

    "6.11 BATTER INTERFERES AFTER THIRD STRIKE NOT CAUGHT

    Official Baseball Rule 7.09(a) provides that the batter-runner be called out for interference if "after a third strike he hinders the catcher in his attempt to field the ball."

    Play: First base unoccupied or two out. Strike three not caught. Batter-runner unintentionally kicks, touches, or otherwise deflects the pitched ball that was not caught by the catcher. Catcher is unable to make a play.

    Ruling: If this occurs in the vicinity of home plate, the ball is alive and in play. However, if this occurs up the first base line (where the batter-runner has had time to avoid the ball), interference is called, the batter-runner declared out, and runners return to base occupied at time of pitch.

    (See Approved Ruling (8) in Section 6.23.)"

    Source(s): Copied from an umpire forum
  • 1 decade ago

    Dead ball, batter is out and the runner at 3rd must stay on 3rd base. It would be batter/runner interference.

    Source(s): 15 years of umpiring HS
  • 1 decade ago

    dead ball, runners interference, the batter that kicked it is out, and the runner on third stays at third.

  • 1 decade ago

    The batter is safe on a dropped ball and the run scores.

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  • 1 decade ago

    the batter should be out and it should be a dead ball i think

    but im 50/50 it very well could still be live ball and the runner could score

    but the batter is definately out

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i think if hes still in the batters box hes out but the run would count still

  • Matt
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Ball is dead. Hitter is out. Runner stays at third.

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