In my son's conf. tourn. championship game, with a runner on 1st, the batter hit a ball into the gap in left center, between the outfielders. The batter rounded 1st and made 2nd, and the baserunner had rounded 3rd when things got interesting... the left fielder reached the ball first and glove flipped the ball to the center fielder (better arm, I guess). The problem was he flipped it over the outfield fence... oops! The umpires, with help from the coaches of course, ruled it a ground rule double, bringing the batter back to 2nd and the baserunner back to 3rd. Shouldn't the baserunner and the batter have been awarded home and third respectively?
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