Base runner hit with ball by teammate batting
Question
If a player is on base and gets hit with a ball by another teammate batting is the runner out?
This happened in one of the games I played in last week and the umpire called the runner out.
It was really bad for the runner because it was a linedrive hit that he could not get away from and he was called out too.
Answer
Hi Pat,
If a runner, not on the base, is hit by a fair untouched batted ball before it has passed an infielder (excluding the pitcher) we have a dead ball, batter runner is awarded 1st base the runner struck by the ball is out.
hope this helps
Mark
Fear of the ball while batting
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