Scoring a "tipped ball" play
Re: Scoring a "tipped ball" play
On this same type of play, hard ground ball hit between 3rd and SS. 3rd baseman playing up, SS playing back. 3rd basemen dives and tips balls towards where SS just was, but SS was headed back and to the right to try and field ball, so he was out of position. No play was made and runner reached 1st base. The SS probably would have been able to field ball with (his) normal effort (we have a jam up SS) and gotten the out. Is the 3rd baseman charged an error?
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Re: Scoring a "tipped ball" play
No. Base Hit.
This scenario is specifically covered in MLB rules:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/of ... rer_10.jsp
This scenario is specifically covered in MLB rules:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/of ... rer_10.jsp
10.05 Base Hits
A base hit is a statistic credited to a batter when such batter reaches base safely, as set forth in this Rule 10.05.
(a) The official scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when:
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(2) the batter reaches first base safely on a fair ball hit with such force, or so slowly, that any fielder attempting to make a play with the ball has no opportunity to do so;
Rule 10.05(a)(2) Comment: The official scorer shall credit a hit if the fielder attempting to handle the ball cannot make a play, even if such fielder deflects the ball from or cuts off another fielder who could have put out a runner.
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Re: Scoring a "tipped ball" play
Thank you!
Re: Scoring a "tipped ball" play
No, 5 wouldn't get an assist either, since it was 6's bad throw (having agreed he had a chance to make a good throw with ordinary effort) that allowed the batter-runner to be safe.mprusak wrote:Actually, 5 would get an assist, but the error is on 6 not 3.PetroGuy wrote:I agree with the error based on your further description. 5 and 6 should get assists and the error goes to 3.
(Now, had 6 made a good throw that was muffed by the 1B, then - and only then - assists may be credited to 5 and 6 on this play)