Archive of SportingNews.com's old SOM Baseball forum

*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 R.Hebner 5 Single (RF) b-1
0 1 A.Kaline 3 Single (LF) 1-2 b-1
0 12 J.French 6 1 Base Error - 1B 2-3 1-2 b-1 gb(1B)x
SUBSTITUTE PH- Rod Gaspar
0 123 R.Gaspar 1 Line Out (SS) b-0
1 123 B.Allen 1 Single (2B) 1-o b-1 gb(2B)x
2 123 J.Fregosi 4 Walk 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1
2 123 W.Horton 4 Line Out (2B) b-0
W. Horton Injured for 2 more games

Bernie Allen is up at bat, and apparently an odd play results. The bases are loaded, he gets a single, but the runner on third does not score. Both the runners on second and third remain in place, while the runner on first base is out.

For the life of me, I'm trying to conjure up a scenario as to how something like this could happen in real life. Base running blunder, maybe?

Fortunately, it had no bearing on the final result of the game, but it seems that Bernie Allen should have driven in the run and been credited with the RBI.

My guess is that the ball hit the runner. The runner is out, the hit could be ruled a single. And the runners can't advance on runner interference?

I don't know baseball rules very well - I'm just guessing.

[quote:4c684b39b0="franky35"]My guess is that the ball hit the runner. The runner is out, the hit could be ruled a single. And the runners can't advance on runner interference?

I don't know baseball rules very well - I'm just guessing.[/quote:4c684b39b0]

That is the only rule I know where this could happen Ball becomes dead No runners advance unless lead runners are the ones hit Then they would move up a base

Thanks for the responses. I hadn't consider that scenario at all (i.e., the ball striking the runner), but it does appear that is most likely what the odd play was.

Strange plays like that should be explained in the box score.