I'm asking how to score the following play:
Runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs. The runner on 1st leaks off the base prior to the pitch, and draws the defense into a rundown. While engaged in the rundown between 1st and 2nd base, the runner on 3rd sprints home. The infielder with the ball realizes the play at home, but the throw is late, and the runner at home is safe. The runner on first then completes his advance to 2nd safely with no throw.
Is this as simple as 2 stolen bases?
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What your talking about is commonly referred to as a "walk-off" Not sure how it scores, I would guess both runners are credited with a stolen base if they are safe. Not sure what level you are at but doesn't well with most HS teams. Works well when the kids first transition to the big field, but most learn how to defend it pretty quickly.
10.08(c) - .....When a runner, attempting to steal, or after being picked off, evades being put out in a run-down play and advances to the next base without the aid of an error, credit the runner with a stolen base. If another runner also advances on the play, credit both runners with a stolen base.
So rules say SB for both although this specific scenario is not addressed this is the correct scoring IMPO.
Yes, it is a stolen base for both.
Brunswick46,
Those who said 2 stolen bases are correct. But I’m wondering something and I hope you don’t get offended when I ask what did you do to try to resolve the question other than ask it here? Many scoring questions are hard to dig out of the rule book, but ultimately all the answers are there in OBR rule 10, NCAA rule 10, and NFHS rule 9.
But all that having been said, you deserve a pat on the back for at least trying to get it right. 
Had to chime in after watching a freshman game last night. Same situation 1st and 3rd. Runner on 1st base leaks off. Pitcher throws to SS and both runners freeze. After a few seconds, the one runner retreats to 1st base. When the initial throw to SS was made, it looks like the catcher threw off his mask . Once the runner retreated to 1st base, catcher TURNS AROUND and goes to retrieve his mask at which point the runner on third ran home. Solid defensive execution until the kid turned his back to the play. Not sure how they scored it - SS made an attempt to throw to home but way off. The catcher should really have been tagged with an error - for turning his back - but not sure that is an option in scoring the play.
2017LHPscrewball posted:
… The catcher should really have been tagged with an error - for turning his back - but not sure that is an option in scoring the play.
[b]OBR rule 10.12(a)(1) Comment: …The official scorer shall not score mental mistakes or misjudgments as errors unless a specific rule prescribes otherwise….[/b]
If scorers were allowed to mark every mental mistake or poor judgment as an error I doubt many would find the result appealing. It’s up to coaches, managers, and team owners to determine penalties for such things, not scorers.
2017LHPscrewball posted:Had to chime in after watching a freshman game last night. Same situation 1st and 3rd. Runner on 1st base leaks off. Pitcher throws to SS and both runners freeze. After a few seconds, the one runner retreats to 1st base. When the initial throw to SS was made, it looks like the catcher threw off his mask . Once the runner retreated to 1st base, catcher TURNS AROUND and goes to retrieve his mask at which point the runner on third ran home. Solid defensive execution until the kid turned his back to the play. Not sure how they scored it - SS made an attempt to throw to home but way off. The catcher should really have been tagged with an error - for turning his back - but not sure that is an option in scoring the play.
What did R1 do prior to the throw to F6?
Bottom line, this is two SB's with a credit of stealing home. I've seen Arizona run this play successfully on offense at least four times this year. Our old HS team ran it at least 10 times a year and it never worked.
Don't ask me why it works in college and not in HS.
