Is a missed tag recorded as a hit to the batter?

[Greenmonsters]

No argument there.



Yes, I would. But the poster merely said that the ball was hit to the first baseman and that an attempt at a tag was made. He didn’t say it was a routine play. (That's probably what he meant, and maybe I shouldn't have over-thought it.) But it's possible that the 1B dove to his right and stopped it, or stopped it in a way that he didn't necessarily have time to put out the runner. If the batter/runner simply outruns the fielder to the bag (or is too fast to be tagged), then it’s a hit.

The FC ruling goes into effect because F3 chose to not throw to 1B for the routine force out but rather tried to tag the runner (and missed) to prevent the runner on 3B from advancing and scoring i.e., there was a routine out available but the fielder chose not to take it and ended up getting no outs. The case for a hit is best made if F3 fields a ball and instead of throwing to F4 at the base for a routine out tries unsuccessfully to beat the batter/runner to the base.