Scoring question

[slagothar]

Looking for an independent opinion to settle a scoring dispute with our scorekeeper....

Here is the situation, no outs, R1 on first base. B2 squares to bunt, and bunts the ball to the 3rd baseman. Third baseman fields the ball cleanly and throws to first. The throw is deemed to beat the runner, but first baseman drops the ball, so B2 is safe at first. R1 advances to second base on the play.

How should this be scored?

1. B2 reached on error, now batting 0 for 1
2. B2 reached on SH (sacrifice hit, i.e. sacrifice reached on error), now bating 0 for 0 with sacrifice

 

[steve865]

It's #2 if the intent was to move the runner, which it almost always is.

 

[Sweet Lou]

Sac bunt for the batter and reach on error by F3 (or F4 of 2b was covering). 0-0 for average purpose. Unless there were 2 outs and she was bunting for base hit.

 

[El Oso]

Looking for an independent opinion to settle a scoring dispute with our scorekeeper....

Here is the situation, no outs, R1 on first base. B2 squares to bunt, and bunts the ball to the 3rd baseman. Third baseman fields the ball cleanly and throws to first. The throw is deemed to beat the runner, but first baseman drops the ball, so B2 is safe at first. R1 advances to second base on the play.

How should this be scored?

1. B2 reached on error, now batting 0 for 1
2. B2 reached on SH (sacrifice hit, i.e. sacrifice reached on error), now bating 0 for 0 with sacrifice

Was the intent to Sacriice or did she bunt to try to get a hit?

 

[ang2bmd]

Sac roe and I’m not penalizing a fast kid who’s intention is to always get a hit when she bunts off the intent of the situation is to move a runner


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[slagothar]

Average speed runner, would almost never try to bunt for a hit.

 

[cnardone]

10U, 12U - its a hit!!!! 14U and up Sac and error

 

[mmeece]

Answer should almost always be #2. Batter almost always gets the benefit of the doubt on intent to sacrifice and shouldn't be punished due to an error.

 

[CoachJD]

I have literally never once seen this situation scored as if the batter was intending to get a hit (which is good, because 99% of bunts should be with the idea of actually being safe in mind; stop giving away outs). SH, E3.

 

[El Oso]

I have literally never once seen this situation scored as if the batter was intending to get a hit (which is good, because 99% of bunts should be with the idea of actually being safe in mind; stop giving away outs). SH, E3.

I've literally seen this scored as if the batter was intending to bunt for a hit 3 or 4 times over the last year. So what do we do now? We have a standoff!