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Umpire interference

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:57 pm
by Chukpen
Had a situation that I didn't know how to properly score. Men on second and third and the batter smokes a line drive that hits the field ump. It's called a dead ball. The batter is awarded first and the runners stay put.

How in the world does one score that in iScore?

Re: Umpire interference

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:13 pm
by FTMSupport
It is scored as a base hit:

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.
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(5) a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder touches a runner or an umpire, unless a runner is called out for having been touched by an Infield Fly, in which case the official scorer shall not score a hit;