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This is from a keeper league I am in. Can anyone explain how this happens?

[quote:d284848fcd]In my last game against the River Rats, with a one run lead in the bottom
of the ninth and Joe Nathan pitching, Carlos Gomez hits a double to score
two runs and win the game (see below). However, when I checked
Gomez' card, he has a single* on the roll of 1 - 12 (single 1-16, lineout
17-20). Not that both runs wouldn't have scored anyway, but how does
this become a double to LF?




*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE CF- Vernon Wells
0 B.Abreu 1-10 Double (CF) b-2
0 2 O.Cabrera 2-5 Single (RF) 2-3 b-1
0 1 3 I.Suzuki 6-3 Sac Fly (LF) 3-H b-0 fly(LF)x
1 1 D.Pedroia 3-7 Single (CF) 1-2 b-1
1 12 A.Gonzalez 1-8 Fly Out (RF) b-0
2 12 J.Dye 4-7 Single (CF) 2-3 1-2 b-1
2 123 C.Gomez 1-12 Double (LF) 3-H 2-H 1-3 b-2 [/quote:d284848fcd]

My best guess would be that this is some super advanced rule that TSN uses. It should be a single*, which should mean that only one run could score. Usually, when runners advance on the throw, it's still listed as a single. Hopefully, someone here can give us a definitive answer.

In the CDROM game, sometimes the computer gives a player a chance to stretch a single into a double. Now I'm not sure the option has ever come up with runners on base, but there is a chance that could be it.

I got my *** chewed out by the other players in my league when a Brian Scneider 1-2 roll was listed as an out when it was a HR/Double split as being a whiner. TSN said to me " the result was correct even though the display was wrong" What I am saying is that these sort of protests will go nowhere. Relax and just take it.