Runners at 1st and 2nd. Pitcher picks runner at 2nd and gets him in a run down. Who gets involved. I saw a high school team have their catcher back up third but then nobody was on home and the kid got to 3rd then just ran home.
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Nathan posted:Runners at 1st and 2nd. Pitcher picks runner at 2nd and gets him in a run down. Who gets involved. I saw a high school team have their catcher back up third but then nobody was on home and the kid got to 3rd then just ran home.
Your pitcher goes behind 3rd to become a second man to receive after the third baseman has received and chased the runner back toward second. The SS and 2 baseman work the second base side, depending on who received the throw from the pitcher, one will back up the other. They continue to rotate around just like in any other rundown situation. There's no need for the catcher to get involved. If you'd like, the left fielder and center fielder can back up third and second respectively, but only if there's an emergency and a base gets accidentally left open. Otherwise, let the infielders, who practice this, handled the situation.
Best of luck.
One throw and get an out and you don't have to worry about who gets involved. I tell my guys all the time if we make more than two throws then just stop and let them have the base because we messed it up. When it comes to a rundown you have to get the runner committed in a direction. Then either run him down for the tag or close the gap and short toss to the receiving player. Make sure you are slightly inside the runner so the one chasing can just reach out and tag plus the receiver will be catching with his glove at the runner. If the runner isn't committed to going in a direction then you're going to make a lot of throws. Make them commit, throw and get the tag while they are taking several steps to stop and change directions.