14U - We had a play this weekend, runner on 1st, ball was bunted towards the pitcher, who bobbled the play and deflected the ball toward right side of 2nd (it ended up in no man's land behind the circle, SS was moving to cover 2nd. 1st baseman charging. 2nd baseman started toward 1st to cover, saw the deflection and changed direction to field the ball. When it was obvious she wasn't fielding the bunt, 3rd baseman retreated to her bag. Runner that started on 1st is now heading for 3rd, 2nd baseman scooped up ball and threw to 3rd, 3rd baseman tagged the runner for the out. Strange example of going where the ball takes you. Play started as a cluster, but result was better than if sac bunt was successful, as batter ended up at 1st and lead runner was out.
Wonder what 2nd baseman would have done if told to never throw to 3rd. I can picture the coach yelling at her to throw the ball and her standing with the ball looking at him yelling 'WHERE?'....LOL.