I'll have to set this one up.
Batter hits a hard grounder to third that bounces right at the edge of the grass and towards the fielder's glove. The ball hits the fielder's glove and hits the ground and rolls 1 to 2 feet to his right. He runs and picks up the ball and throws to first where the runner beats out the throw by a step. Would this be considered a hit or an error?
This happened in a game last night and I scored it a hit and someone disagreed. I scored it a hit because the ball was hit hard on the ground and the fielder's only chance of getting it was to knock it down and grab it and throw. The guy disagreeing with me said that he caught it and dropped it. If he had dropped it, it wouldn't have went in the direction it did it would have fell in front of him instead of going to the right. He defintently knocked it down.
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