I understand it might be hard without knowing the talent on the team but give me your advise anyway. The team is classified as a 10U B team. We play with the Look Back Rule, drop third strike, completely kid pitch.
Trying to figure out our best options for when there is a runner on third and the batter walks, I want to keep that batter from just jogging to 2nd base.
With a runner on third, no outs and they walk a batter I would like to get that out from when the runner jogs to 2nd base, and concede the run. The runner on third is very likely to score anyway so why not go for the out instead of ending up with 2nd and 3rd and no outs? Worst case the girls throw the ball away and both runners end up scoring. I really dislike conceding 2nd base with 0 outs.
Would you change that strategy with 2 outs? How about with 1 out? I understand that if you get the runner rounding 1st base quickly the run would not score in a two out situation. Also with two outs the runner on third is less likely to score.
I also understand that if it is a close game and the last inning you can't let that run score also.
This is something we will be working on for the first time in practice tomorrow.
Trying to figure out our best options for when there is a runner on third and the batter walks, I want to keep that batter from just jogging to 2nd base.
With a runner on third, no outs and they walk a batter I would like to get that out from when the runner jogs to 2nd base, and concede the run. The runner on third is very likely to score anyway so why not go for the out instead of ending up with 2nd and 3rd and no outs? Worst case the girls throw the ball away and both runners end up scoring. I really dislike conceding 2nd base with 0 outs.
Would you change that strategy with 2 outs? How about with 1 out? I understand that if you get the runner rounding 1st base quickly the run would not score in a two out situation. Also with two outs the runner on third is less likely to score.
I also understand that if it is a close game and the last inning you can't let that run score also.
This is something we will be working on for the first time in practice tomorrow.