run on third out
Question
Is a hit runner going from first to second considered a force out when that is the final out of the inning and a runner scored from 3rd to home? Does the run count?
Answer
Hi Joshua,
the rule Rule 7.09 is that if a runner is hit by a batted ball, the runner is automatically called out and the play is dead. Run does not count. A runner has to everything possible to avoid being hit by the ball.
Exceptions are rare - umpire has to be convinced that no play was possibly interferred with.
"If a fair ball goes through or by an infielder, and touches a runner immediately back of him, or touches the runner after having been deflected by a fielder, the umpires shall not declare the runner out for being touched by a batted ball."
Enjoy the baseball season,
JohnMc
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