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| Sept. 22, 2017 Turbobob Men's 65 71 posts | Batter unable to complete his at-bat. I have looked over the 2017-18 rule book for this situation, but cannot come to a definitive answer, even without patching some of the rules together. Here's the scenarios: Batter has a 1-1 count, one out. He then fouls off the next pitch. As a result of his swing, he hurts his back and cannot continue his at-bat. Just wondering how the termination of this at-bat is handled in tournaments, which use substitutes. 1) If a substitute player was available, could the substitute step up and resume the at-bat with the count now 1-2? 2) If no substitutes were available, would the at-bat terminate with the batter being called out? I've also seen the rules for batting order situations, but not one for the current at-bat situation. |
| Sept. 22, 2017 Katzy63 Men's 60 24 posts | 1) Yes, as substitute if available would inherit the pitch count at that time. 2) Yes, if no substitute is available the batter would be called out... Or, the batter could just stand at the plate and not swing? Try to get the walk and a CR when he reaches 1st base if there is one available. |
| Sept. 22, 2017 stick8 1991 posts | 1) Yes a legal substitute would inherit the 1-2 count 2) If no legal substitute was available the batter would be out and the spot in the order would be an out the next time only. After that the spot is skipped over. |
