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Situation: Runner on first (BB) with two outs. Catcher tries to pick off the runner on first and throws the ball into the right field corner. Runner advances to third. Next batter doubled and the run scored from third. Next batter lined out to second for the third out. If you recreate the inning without the throwing error by the catcher, does the runner go to third on the double or all the way home?
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Great question...

The rule says (and I'm quoting from memory not a direct rule), "recreate the inning as if no error occured, always giving the benefit of the doubt to the pitcher in determining how many bases a runner would've advanced in determining earned runs".

So, the question would be to you; apply that logic and decide if a runner would've scored from first without any doubt on the double. I would ask myself, "was the hitter a Clidesdale (sp?) and any other hitter in the lineup would've had a triple?" If answer to that question is "no", then I score unearned.

Just me...

Bottom line, scoring a run unearned helps the pitcher and doesn't hurt the offense, which is why the rule is phrased the way it is.
Last edited by JMoff

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