How to score a walkoff hit?

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Originally posted by bkekcs:
HS game. Score tied, 1 out, runner on 2nd, bottom of 8th.

Batter hits fly down right field line, fielder can't get to it, rolls to fence. R2 scores. In the mean time after rounding 2nd batter/runner is greeted by coach with a hug. Official scorer scored a single. Is there some kind of timing issue involved such as where the batter/runner is when R2 scored, is it just a judgement call or is anything short of a homerun ruled a single in this situation?

Thanks for any answers.

This is not from the NFHS rules, but rather from OBR. Sadly the NFHS book doesn’t say much about this, but I think the OBR explanation will help you understand.

10.06 DETERMINING VALUE OF BASE HITS
The official scorer shall score a base hit as a one-base hit, two-base hit, three-base hit or home run when no error or putout results, as follows:
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(f) Subject to the provisions of Rule 10.06(g), when a batter ends a game with a safe hit that drives in as many runs as are necessary to put his team in the lead, the official scorer shall credit such batter with only as many bases on his hit as are advanced by the runner who scores the winning run, and then only if the batter runs out his hit for as many bases as are advanced by the runner who scores the winning run.
Rule 10.06(f) Comment: The official scorer shall apply this rule even when the batter is theoretically entitled to more bases because of being awarded an “automatic” extra-base hit under various provisions of Rules 6.09 and 7.05.
The official scorer shall credit the batter with a base touched in the natural course of play, even if the winning run has scored moments before on the same play. For example, the score is tied in the bottom of the ninth inning with a runner on second base and the batter hits a ball to the outfield that falls for a base hit. The runner scores after the batter has touched first base and continued on to second base but shortly before the batter-runner reaches second base. If the batter-runner reaches second base, the official scorer shall credit the batter with a two-base hit.

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10.06 DETERMINING VALUE OF BASE HITS

If it's my team, it's a double. If it's your team, it's a single...

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Originally posted by Hawk19:

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10.06 DETERMINING VALUE OF BASE HITS

If it's my team, it's a double. If it's your team, it's a single...

I’m assuming you’re kidding, but I gotta tell ya, I spend more time in scorebooks than most, and there’s a reason not too many people in the game give much credence to HS and below numbers, and it isn’t because the low sample rate makes for bad data. A low sample rate only means the resulting numbers won’t be as accurate at predicting what might happen, not that the numbers are no good.

You wouldn’t believe some of the things I see in books! I’m talking about everything from just lousy scorekeeping due to inattention, to flat out cheating, to tearing out and destroying a scoresheet that makes a player or the team look bad.

What we’re talking about in this thread is really not that big a deal because how many times is it gonna happen, even an entire season that there’s a question about a walk-off hit for the same player? What I’m saying is, right or wrong, it isn’t gonna be that big of a deal and will likely only change the player’s SlgP by a few thousandths of a percentage point.