HS varsity game using NFHS
R1 on 3B leads off as F1 delivers a pitch. F2 throws to F5 and a rundown ensues. The ball goes back and forth between F2 and F5 and F6 several times and in one instance, R1 is obstructed by F5 while she is running towards 3B and F2 was about to throw to F6 near 3B. BU signals the obstruction. F6 receives the throw and R1 changes direction back towards home and a few more throws are made, with R1 changing direction about 2 or 3 more times. She is finally tagged out while heading towards home. BU is asked about the obstruction call he had made during the rundown and he explained that the obstruction would only apply had she been tagged out while heading towards 3B, but since she was tagged out heading home, the obstruction doesn't apply.
My understanding has always been that a runner cannot be called out between the two bases she was obstructed, absent one of the exceptions (properly appealed for missing a base or leaving early on caught fly ball, passing another runner, committing interference after the obstruction, or after reaching the base she would have reached absent the obstruction and a subsequent play is made on another runner). My experience is mostly ASA/USA, so I'm wondering if this is one of those weird differences between USA and NFHS.
R1 on 3B leads off as F1 delivers a pitch. F2 throws to F5 and a rundown ensues. The ball goes back and forth between F2 and F5 and F6 several times and in one instance, R1 is obstructed by F5 while she is running towards 3B and F2 was about to throw to F6 near 3B. BU signals the obstruction. F6 receives the throw and R1 changes direction back towards home and a few more throws are made, with R1 changing direction about 2 or 3 more times. She is finally tagged out while heading towards home. BU is asked about the obstruction call he had made during the rundown and he explained that the obstruction would only apply had she been tagged out while heading towards 3B, but since she was tagged out heading home, the obstruction doesn't apply.
My understanding has always been that a runner cannot be called out between the two bases she was obstructed, absent one of the exceptions (properly appealed for missing a base or leaving early on caught fly ball, passing another runner, committing interference after the obstruction, or after reaching the base she would have reached absent the obstruction and a subsequent play is made on another runner). My experience is mostly ASA/USA, so I'm wondering if this is one of those weird differences between USA and NFHS.