This is the scenario:
Runners 2nd and 3rd, batter hits fly ball to centerfield and is caught for the out. Runner 3 tags and advances home, centerfield over throws home and run scores. 3rd base coach remembers he has a runner at 2nd and calls her to 3rd. What the base coach missed was that runner 2 did not tag up on the original fly ball and came half way to 3rd, stopped and waited for instruction from 3rd base coach. Runner reaches 3rd, and the base umpire calls runner out for not tagging at 2nd.
My question is:
Is this an automatic call by the base umpire, or is this an appeal call from the defensive team?
Runners 2nd and 3rd, batter hits fly ball to centerfield and is caught for the out. Runner 3 tags and advances home, centerfield over throws home and run scores. 3rd base coach remembers he has a runner at 2nd and calls her to 3rd. What the base coach missed was that runner 2 did not tag up on the original fly ball and came half way to 3rd, stopped and waited for instruction from 3rd base coach. Runner reaches 3rd, and the base umpire calls runner out for not tagging at 2nd.
My question is:
Is this an automatic call by the base umpire, or is this an appeal call from the defensive team?