Thanks for sharing the USSSA rule - In the OP I didn't specify that the ball was not in the strike zone - batter was in box and pitch was clearly a ball. In what you highlighted it says "If the batter intentionally moves to get hit by pitch" - but that speaks to their intention to gain the base - they were not moving to get hit by the pitch - they were moving to avoid getting hit in the head by the pitch. Is that not a fair distinction in this case that should result in awarding the base vs. a dead ball ball call, or definitley not a dead ball strike call?Forgive my sloppy highlighting ... here is USSSA since that was the OP's code.
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