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Hit or Fielder's choice?
Karla asked: Runner on second, no other base runners. Batter hits a high chopper between short and third. The pitcher runs over and fields the play cleanly. Scorers use the term in the following ways: a. to indicate the advance of the batter/runner who takes one or more bases when a fielder who handles his batted ball plays on a preceeding runner. b. to indicate the advance of a runner(other than by stolen base or error) while a fielder is trying to put out another runner; and c. to indicate the advance of a runner due to the defensive teams refusal to play on him ( an undefended steal). For the scorer to give the batter a hit he would have to believe that the fielder had no possibility of getting the batter out if he made a play on him. If he had plenty of time, he just chose to keep the runner at second and not risk his advancing on the throw to first, much like defensive indifference when a play is not made on a runner stealing a base because that runner will be unconsequential at that point in the game, it would be a fielder's choice. All about scorer's decision on whether the fielder could have gotten the runner out or not. Yours in baseball, Rick
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