Here's the situation. ASA/USA Softball rules. The batter has a 2-1 count. Next pitch, she swings and misses. Thinking it's the third strike, she runs to first. Catcher, reacting to batter-runner, overthrows first and ball lands in outfield. Runner makes it all the way around home due to various bad throws. As she crosses home, ump tells her that was strike two but she doesn't hear or doesn't understand what he's trying to tell her and she goes into the dugout. The next batter gets in the box.
Ump and scorekeeper (that's me) don't realize it's a different batter because both girls have the same helmet, are the same height and same build with similar hair that covers their number. Next two pitches are balls and ump sends the runner to first for a walk.
At that point, batter says the count is 2-0 and when I look at the on-deck batter I realize that the prior batter did not finish her at-bat and this is the next girl in the order.
Umps, how would you resolve this situation?
Ump and scorekeeper (that's me) don't realize it's a different batter because both girls have the same helmet, are the same height and same build with similar hair that covers their number. Next two pitches are balls and ump sends the runner to first for a walk.
At that point, batter says the count is 2-0 and when I look at the on-deck batter I realize that the prior batter did not finish her at-bat and this is the next girl in the order.
Umps, how would you resolve this situation?