Ok last night we had a somewhat unusual play I hadn't seen before.
Runner on 2nd base, ball hit in the hole between 3rd and SS. 3B playing in front of base line (BL) SS playing behind BL, runner on BL.
Ball hits off of 3B glove and is deflected into runners leg. SS is behind runner and now has no play. Batter probably would have beat it out but that's not the point.
The umpires rulling was that since 3B touched the ball the runner was NOT out for interference. All runners safe.
What I want to know is, was this the correct call? I know if 3B had not touched the ball and it hit the runner she would have been out because SS still had a potential chance to field the ball.
We were on offense at the time. Didn't help, we didn't score and lost 4-2 but we did play one of our best games of the year against a team tha beat us 11-0 in 4 innings just 2 weeks ago.
Runner on 2nd base, ball hit in the hole between 3rd and SS. 3B playing in front of base line (BL) SS playing behind BL, runner on BL.
Ball hits off of 3B glove and is deflected into runners leg. SS is behind runner and now has no play. Batter probably would have beat it out but that's not the point.
The umpires rulling was that since 3B touched the ball the runner was NOT out for interference. All runners safe.
What I want to know is, was this the correct call? I know if 3B had not touched the ball and it hit the runner she would have been out because SS still had a potential chance to field the ball.
We were on offense at the time. Didn't help, we didn't score and lost 4-2 but we did play one of our best games of the year against a team tha beat us 11-0 in 4 innings just 2 weeks ago.