Runner on second, batter hits a line drive to right field. Outfielder comes up throwing to first for the force out. The throw is low and skips by the first baseman, caroms off the fence, hits the on deck batter (she's 3 ft from the fence) and continues behind home plate. Catcher collects the ball as the runner from second scores. When the play is over I ask for time and go out to talk to the umpire about the ball contacting the on deck batter. First he says she was in the on deck circle which is nowhere near where she was. Then he says he didn't see the contact but that he would go talk to the base umpire who was out by second base. They both say they didn't see the contact. I'm sure plate ump saw the contact and used the on deck circle as immunity for the on deck batter, then changed his story. But that's beside the point. I'm thinking that it should be a dead ball with the runners being returned to their last base before the contact, but it could be a live ball with the on deck batter having the same immunity as a base coach.