In my son's LL game last night, there was a controversy over the score at the end of the game. As I scored it for our team, we (Astros) won 10-9. The other team (Cardinals) had a tie at 10-10. In question, was the following situation.
In the bottom of the first, the Cards loaded the bases with no outs. The next batter hits a line drive that is caught by our shortstop (out 1), his momentum carries him to touch second base getting the runner out at 2nd who is off the base and had not tagged up (out 2), he then over-throws the ball to our first baseman who chases the ball down and steps on 1st base getting the runner out from 1st, who had run to second on the hit, without tagging up (out 3)...triple play, right? No dispute about that.
Now, the Cards coach says that because the runner at third tagged up and ran home before the 3rd out was made, then they get to count that run.
I say that the 3 outs occurred on a single continuous play and that the run does NOT count because the 3rd out disqualifies that runner from scoring.
What do you think?