Runner Hit by Batted Ball

[leechristensen]

thasts what i was saying though a line drive up the middle and 2nd/ss are 20 ft from the ball there is no way they will make a play on that ball why is the runner automatically out? it passed the reach of ss and 2nd base.

 

[MTR]

thasts what i was saying though a line drive up the middle and 2nd/ss are 20 ft from the ball there is no way they will make a play on that ball why is the runner automatically out? it passed the reach of ss and 2nd base.

Because that is the rule