@TexasLefty posted:Coastal/Rider …. In extra innings… foul tip 3rd strike while runner was stealing. Ump calls dead ball and put the runner back to first. Isn’t that still a live ball and they could’ve doubled them up by throwing to first? And then the announcer on replay said the backswing hit the catchers glove causing ‘catcher’s interference’. Anyone see that play?
A caught foul tip in any count is a live ball. It is treated as a pitch though and not a caught fly ball or line drive. So they could have thrown the runner out stealing. I’ve never seen catchers interference called on a backswing, but I have seen batters interference called. In this case, the batter is already out on strike 3 so the runner is sent back to his original base.