- Aug 12, 2014
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This happened in our game last week. We have a 6 run limit per inning limit. We were batting and scored the 6th run. However, our scorer said it was only 5, so the next girl (A) batted and ended up walking. After the walk, our scorer realized her mistake and said it was 6 runs, which the other team agreed with, so inning over.
The next inning, our coach and scorer assumed the walk counted, so had the girl after A bat (B). B walked. The opposing coach said that A should have led off because her AB didn't count because the 6th run scored before she batted. The ump agreed, and called an out for A not batting and let B's walk stand and she stayed on first.
If we agree that A was the correct leadoff batter, was the batting out of order handled correctly? It seems like B should have been called out since she was the one who batted out of order. But then who would bat next?
The next inning, our coach and scorer assumed the walk counted, so had the girl after A bat (B). B walked. The opposing coach said that A should have led off because her AB didn't count because the 6th run scored before she batted. The ump agreed, and called an out for A not batting and let B's walk stand and she stayed on first.
If we agree that A was the correct leadoff batter, was the batting out of order handled correctly? It seems like B should have been called out since she was the one who batted out of order. But then who would bat next?