How does this score...please

have seen this happen a couple of times in the majors and i think it is ruled a home run and all runs being earned. usually a leap against the wall or running into the wall and the ball comes out. most of the time it is hard to get to the fence and get under a fly.

don't know if it matters or not but the fence was only a 5' fence...thanks

Osage -- was he camped under it, or running after it?

If he's standing there waiting to catch it, and then it bounces off his glove and over the fence, it seems like it could legitimately be scored as an error (although the batter still gets to do the home-run trot).

The earned/unearned part is pretty black & white and entirely dependent on how the play was scored: if it's an error, they're both unearned. If not, then earned.

So tell us a little more about the attempted catch.

the player was retreating back to make the catch...sorta back pedaling...he was definetly not camped out under it....spoke to the young man today...he said it he felt it hit his glove...bounce out hit the top of the fence and over it went...hope this helps

osage

Clearly this is scored a home run...and of course runs are earned (assuming no errors prior...)

Did it look something like this?

Bounced off Conseco's Head for HR

then, HR all earned runs.

If the ball could've been fielded with ordinary effort for the level of play, score a four base error. If not, score HR.

If running back to the fence, it's difficult to conjure up a scenario in my mind where this is not a HR, but I suppose it could happen. None of us where there to see it, so you really have to decide yourself. The "ordinary effort" comment applies to any hit/error decision.