- Aug 4, 2015
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Two separate wild things happened on the same play in HS SB. Runner at first, one out. Runner steals second on pitch, catcher's throw to second immediately bounces off batter's helmet and ricochets towards first base. Runner sees the ball go over towards the foul line behind first and continues all the way to third.
The next I know, the umpires are conferring. As HC I'm wondering if they're possibly considering interference on the batter for not getting out of the way, which of course, would be hogwash. The ump calls me over and reluctantly says my first base coach touched the ball (which I didn't see but he evidently did) and so the runner must return to first and also the batter is out.
My question is: is it that the batter is out and not the runner? And if it's the batter that's out, what goes in her stat sheet - what's her AB listed as in the scorebook?
The next I know, the umpires are conferring. As HC I'm wondering if they're possibly considering interference on the batter for not getting out of the way, which of course, would be hogwash. The ump calls me over and reluctantly says my first base coach touched the ball (which I didn't see but he evidently did) and so the runner must return to first and also the batter is out.
My question is: is it that the batter is out and not the runner? And if it's the batter that's out, what goes in her stat sheet - what's her AB listed as in the scorebook?