The situation: 1 out, runners on 2nd and 3rd - batter/runner swings at strike three and the pitch hits the dirt before the catcher makes a clean block into his mitt.
Batter/runner speeds off to first base, catcher makes a terrible throw over 1st base's head, runners on 2nd and 3rd both score and batter/runner ends up on 2nd base.
Field umpire calls batter/runner at 2nd out and sends him off the field and then puts runner that was on 2nd back at 3rd base...umpire says that the catcher fielded the bounce cleanly, therefore, it's a caught strike 3, not a dropped strike 3 even though the ball hit the dirt before it got to the catcher. Is this right?
It made the difference in a 3-2 loss at a 16U game
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