Last night I had a runner on second, Batter swung and missed the pitch. It then hit the catcher's shin guard and bounced into the batter's box where the batter hit the ball on his back swing. The runner on second was going to third.
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This is one you need to see... but my first thought is nothing... it hit off the shin guard so nobody has a clue where the ball is headed... some might say that it is interference as the batter must control his backswing but again the catcher missed the ball and it came off his shin guard, I am hard pressed to punish the batter for a missed ball by the catcher then especially off his shin guard... my 2 cents if not intentional nothing... worse case batter out runner return...
under NFHS rules 7.3.5 this is backswing interference....
the ball is dead, the batter is out and the runner returns to the base at the time of the interference..
the ball is dead, the batter is out and the runner returns to the base at the time of the interference..
Anything besides HS and it is weak interference, ball's dead, runner returns.
piaa-ump and MST tag teamed it and nailed it.
piaa-ump, that is what I had. Thanks for the confirmation.