This happened in a high school game last night:
Ground ball to 5/6 hole, 3b is coming from the left, SS is charging. SS fields the ball and throws, but as he throws, the 3B runs across in front of him, with the ball striking him in the head, then going into the first base dugout. Horrid collision, 3B was out briefly, taken to hospital but released with diagnosis of a mild concussion.
I was doing PA work, but official scorer next to me and I discussed the scoring at length. Is the error on the SS, who fielded cleanly and did everything right except anticipate the 3B cutting across his face? Is the error on the 3b who never touched the ball until it knocked him out cold?
As it's high school, I suggested just giving the hitter a single-the SS was extremely upset about the injury to his buddy, really not his fault, and the 3b laid on the ground not moving for about 15 minutes-tough atmosphere to score anything in..(and some stupid PA guy didn't realize the "Theme From Hill Street Blues", played because it was thought to be a soft instrumental,starts out with police sirens...and with our world class sound system, the scorer got up to see the EMT vehicles, only to realize it was the music.)
Other than an error on the PA guy, how do you score the play?
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