At our game last night we had a play that went like this. Runner on first. Ball hit to SS who fielded the ball cleanly, stepped on 2nd, got the out then threw to first with plenty of time to complete the double play however, the ball sails out of his hand and goes 4 feet over the 1st baseman. Runner takes 2nd on the over throw. After the play a lengthy discussion took place on whether the over throw was an error in the book. The logic for is evident however a case was being made that since you can never assume a double play and one out was made, it should not be scored as an error. My thought would be it is has to be an error or how else would the runners movement to 2nd be recorded. Any help would be appreciated.
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