Pop Quiz

[ArmyStrong]

Asking the guys smart on the rules because I don't know the answer. I have an idea, but I've been wrong from time to time, so here goes...

Two outs, runner on third. Coach calls a suicide squeeze. Runner goes on pitch. Bunt is fair. Runner reaches home plate safely. Batter gets out at first. Does the run count?

 

[Eric F]

No. If the 3rd out is a force out, the run does not score. Timing does not matter.

 

[WVSteven]

No run can score if the batter/runner and all other runners forced to advance do not reach the succeeding base safely.

 

[Cornbread]

Eric is correct

 

[ArmyStrong]

Thanks for the replies, guys. I"m just amazed by the guys I run into who are convinced the run scores in this situation and often use it in their play calling.

 

[MTR]

No. If the 3rd out is a force out, the run does not score. Timing does not matter.

Well, this isn't a force out, but the result is the same.

 

[canyonjoe]

They even got it wrong on Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meatloaf, squeezing with 2 outs.

 

[Eric F]

Well, this isn't a force out, but the result is the same.

An out at 1B is not considered a force out?

 

[WVSteven]

A force play is a play in which a runner (or two or three) loses the right to occupy a base and is forced to advance because the batter becomes a batter/runner

The batter/runner is not considered to be in a force play but causes the force on any player who occupies first, first and second, or first, second and third bases at the time of the pitch in which the batter becomes the batter/runner

 

[Eric F]

A force play is a play in which a runner (or two or three) loses the right to occupy a base and is forced to advance because the batter becomes a batter/runner

The batter/runner is not considered to be in a force play but causes the force on any player who occupies first, first and second, or first, second and third bases at the time of the pitch in which the batter becomes the batter/runner

Hmmm...Okay. Good to know. Thanks.