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| May 17, 2021 WhitieWilson | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Runner Jeopardy With a runner on 2nd, the batter hits a groundball up the middle. The ball strikes the pitcher and changes direction, now headed toward shortstop. It strikes the runner, who was unaware that it first hit the pitcher. The ball ends up in center field. The initial call was, dead ball and runner is out, batter awarded first. There was an appeal that since the ball changed direction after hitting the pitcher, the jeopardy to the runner was removed. Appeal was upheld. Final ruling was, dead ball, runner awarded 3rd, batter awarded 1st. Question 1: Is this the correct ruling? Question 2: Was the ball dead once the runner was struck, even though the runner was in front of the closest fielder, who happened to be the short stop? Thank you, |
