I'm guessing that the rules vary by organization but I don't have any idea what they are in general. I'm watching an NCAA game and the runner between 2nd and 3rd gets caught in a rundown. She gets chased to 3rd where there is already a runner, for a second both are on the base and the lead runner gets tagged, then the trail runner breaks back toward second but is way out of the base line and gets called out. When two runners occupy the same base what are the rules?
Two Runners on a Base
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It's pretty much the same in any ruleset. The runner first occupying the base is the runner entitled to it unless it is a force play.
In you description if the lead runner is entitled to the base and tagging her is nothing, they would need to tag the trail runner. The baseline has nothing to do with running rules. A runner sets their own base path and would be out of they deviated more than 3' either side of that path at the time the defense attempted to make a play on them.
In you description if the lead runner is entitled to the base and tagging her is nothing, they would need to tag the trail runner. The baseline has nothing to do with running rules. A runner sets their own base path and would be out of they deviated more than 3' either side of that path at the time the defense attempted to make a play on them.
