I've not seen this happen, but have thought of doing it should the situation arise if the rules allow it.
Home team at bat bottom of 7th, score is tied with runners on 2b and 3b and 2 outs. Batter is walked -not intentionally. Batter turned baserunner without stopping at 1B proceeds all the way to 2B. So now we have 2 runners on 2B. If they make a play to tag one of them out at 2B we get in a pickle either between 1B and 2B or 2B and 3B, and send the runner from 3B to home to try and score before a runner is tagged out.
Is this a legal play? If not can anyone cite the rule applied?
Version 2 - same situation only the batter swings and misses. The ball is a dropped 3rd strike and the batter/runner safely proceeds all the way to 2B. So now we have 2 runners on 2B. If they make a play to tag one of them out at 2B we get in a pickle either between 1B and 2B or 2B and 3B, and send the runner from 3B to home to try and score before a runner is tagged out.
Is this a legal play? If not can anyone cite the rule applied?
Home team at bat bottom of 7th, score is tied with runners on 2b and 3b and 2 outs. Batter is walked -not intentionally. Batter turned baserunner without stopping at 1B proceeds all the way to 2B. So now we have 2 runners on 2B. If they make a play to tag one of them out at 2B we get in a pickle either between 1B and 2B or 2B and 3B, and send the runner from 3B to home to try and score before a runner is tagged out.
Is this a legal play? If not can anyone cite the rule applied?
Version 2 - same situation only the batter swings and misses. The ball is a dropped 3rd strike and the batter/runner safely proceeds all the way to 2B. So now we have 2 runners on 2B. If they make a play to tag one of them out at 2B we get in a pickle either between 1B and 2B or 2B and 3B, and send the runner from 3B to home to try and score before a runner is tagged out.
Is this a legal play? If not can anyone cite the rule applied?