Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Batting Out of Order - Rules Question

This is Question 1 of 2 for this subject.

The batting order for the following question is as follows:

Bryan
Robert
Kevin
Matt
Mark
Mike
James
Kirk
Brad

In the first inning, Bryan comes up and hits a single. Robert then strikes out for the first out. Matt then bats (KEVIN SHOULD BE UP HERE). Matt hits a double that scores Bryan. A Pitch is thrown to Kevin and then the home team calls time for batting out of order. Whats the call?
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  1. yawetagApril 17, 2012 at 10:01 AM

    Once the pitch was made to Kevin, Matt's at bat becomes "legal." At this point, the next batter would be the one that bats after Matt, so Mark would be up to bat and would take Kevin's current count (0-1 or 1-0).

    If the home team wanted the BOO to be penalized, they would have had to bring it up before the pitch after Matt's double.

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  2. Kevin CApril 17, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    Yes, I agree. I think that's exactly right.

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  3. MarkApril 17, 2012 at 1:38 PM

    You are both correct.

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  4. Rulebook GuruApril 18, 2012 at 11:29 AM

    Or if the home team was smart, wait until after Kevin's at bat (if it was too late after a pitch had been thrown) and then bring it up. The correct batter (Mark) would be called out, and chances are they'd have no idea who should bat next (Mike) and you might get 2 batting out of order outs.

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