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Should this run have counted?
Run From Third Base Should Not Have Counted.
Anonymous asked: The following play occurred last night in my sons (12yr old) game. Rule 5.08 How A Run Scores (a) One run shall be scored each time a runner legally advances to and touches first base, second, third and home base before three men are put out to end the inning. Exception: A run is not scored if the runner advances to home base during a play in which the third out is made... 1) by the batter-runner before he touches first base. 2) or by any runner being forced out or 3) by a preceding runner who is declared out because he failed to touch one of the bases. Everything which happened in this situation is a part of one continuous play. While the runner from third legally scored a run, at the time he crossed the plate, the actual result of the play determined the third out was made by the batter-runner, as a force out, before he touched first base. Once the batter-runner gave up on his attempt to reach first base, and headed off to the dugout, that was the force at first.. While true, that he was making that decision on incorrect information by the base umpire, that all sorted itself out in real time. Had he just gone and run through the base, it all would have played out that the run would have counted. The run itself never should have counted, the inning should have been over, no run scored. Bet that was exciting. The rules of baseball can sometimes become difficult to sort out, especially in real time. Yours in baseball, Rick |
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