Lead off batter. No outs. Swings and misses at 3rd strike. Ball gets past catcher. Not a wild pitch. Batter reaches 1st base safely. How is this marked in the scorebook? Is this a strike out? Is this an offical at bat?
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Yes it is a strikeout for the pitcher and batter, and an AB charged to the batter. The batter reaches on what was apparently a passed ball, since you say it was not a wild pitch.
quote:Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Yes it is a strikeout for the pitcher and batter, and an AB charged to the batter. The batter reaches on what was apparently a passed ball, since you say it was not a wild pitch.
Good call. And I’d also like to add something, only because it looks like gimages is a bit new to having to find the rules. Hopefully, this will help some time in the future.
The thing to remember when something like that happens is that it may full well have an impact on the way something else later in the inning is scored. FI, depending on how that batter-runner gets on, if he scores, it may be either an earner or unearned run.
Let’s say its marked a WP, and the next 2 batters strike out, but the 3rd hits a triple to drive in the run. ER.
But let’s say it was marked a PB, then everything else happens exactly the same way. This time it’s a UER.