quote:Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
Related question: Runner is stealing, pitch is in dirt, catcher goes down to block and therefore makes no play.
WP? Or FC?
If the runner is as you say stealing, it’s a steal.
OBR - 10.07 Stolen Bases And Caught Stealing
The official scorer shall credit a stolen base to a runner whenever the runner advances one base unaided by a hit, a putout, an error, a force-out, a fielder's choice, a passed ball, a wild pitch or a balk, subject to the following:
(a) When a runner starts for the next base before the pitcher delivers the ball and the pitch results in what ordinarily is scored a wild pitch or passed ball, the official scorer shall credit the runner with a stolen base and shall not charge the misplay, unless, as a result of the misplay, the stealing runner advances an extra base, or another runner also advances, in which case the official scorer shall score the wild pitch or passed ball as well as the stolen base.
Do you have a copy of OBR, plus a copy of the rules you’re scoring under? Almost all question like that are answered in Rule 10 or its equivalent.