Any time that play is suspended, it is a prudent thing to give the count to both the batter & the defense once everything resets & before you restart play. It helps to prevent thing like this from happening.
If I did judge the batter's act to be intentional, "Interference" would be the call & the runner closest to home would be out. That would've solved that issue! If it was obvious that the player was instructed by her coach to purposely do this, then said coach would be in jeopardy of removal. A stern warning at the very least would be warranted. I personally have a very low tolerance for those types of things. I don't consider that a "trick" play, I consider it bush league.
Except it isn't interference. The defense is responsible for knowing the situation and the count and that there is no play at first base. You may not like it, but you cannot simply call something interference that isnt.
And why are you calling the runner closest to home out? The only time the runner closest to home is out if is the interference is by a player who is already out. The batter running to first on strike 2 is not out, if you are calling interference, then that is the player that is out.
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