- Mar 11, 2009
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What is the official ruling with runners on second and third, with no outs or only one out. The batter hits a ball that will carry over the fence in center field. Center fielder catches ball air born and falls over the fence robbing the batter of a home run. Both runners tag and advance one base as outfielder throws the ball towards third base from the other side of the fence. My question on the rule is after the outfielder fields the ball and is on the other side of the fence, does it become a dead ball and runners should be awarded two bases similar to a ground rule double? In the instance I am talking about it was played it as the ball was still live and runners could advance at their own risk with chance of being thrown out. But I don't know if that was right or not.
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