Okay I need the help of someone smarter than me. We were playing High School Varsity game last night. I called a bunt, my hitter dropped down a fairly good bunt right in front of the plate. She dropped her bat and ran toward first. When the bat it the ground it rolled into fair territory and made contact with the ball. Now the batter was thrown out and the go ahead run was advanced to second. The home plated ump said that the contact was not on purpose and the play would stand as called batter was out at first and runner advanced to second. The other teams coach appealed this saying that the play should have been dead once the bat made contact with the ball and the batter would be out and the runner could not advance.
I need to see what the correct call is as this is the second time this same batter has done this. I just want to verify the rule. Who knows what the right call is?
I need to see what the correct call is as this is the second time this same batter has done this. I just want to verify the rule. Who knows what the right call is?