Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

Ok, had a situation in a game last night.

Man on third, 1 out.

Anthony Rendon is facing a Right Hander and rolls a 1-10. The 1-10 on his card against a Right Hander is a gb(2b)C.

The result was the following:
1 3 A.Rendon 1-10 Fielders Choice (2B) 3-H b-1 F9

I had thought that a "gb(2b)C" meant that the batter was out and all of the runners advance. If that is true I can see why the runner on 3rd made it home (3-H) but why did the batter reach 1st (b-1)? The batter should have been out, correct?

There does not indicate anything "special" on the roll. it is a straight "gb(2b)C", no @'s, $'s, >'s or #'s so it should be called right off the card.

My guess: the fielder threw home and didn't get the runner. So the batter was safe on a fielders choice, remembering that a fielders choice doesn't always result in an out.

Andy is correct. Also, the infield was in--thus, a play was made for the runner trying to score. If the infield had been deep, the throw would have automatically gone to first, retiring the batter.

OK, thanks guys. I will go with your assessment.

Is there a way that I could have seen that or is it more, tribal knowledge?

FFNogoodnik wrote:Is there a way that I could have seen that or is it more, tribal knowledge?

We all pretty much learned from experience. However, if you want to see what's behind the curtain, look at the infield in chart at the very bottom of this link:

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/btf ... mrules.htm

Then look up "DECIDE" on this chart:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/ ... ymbols.jpg

Thanks Coyote, That is perfect.