Runner on third, two outs.
Batter strikes out swinging, catcher drops the ball. Batter runs to first and runner on third comes home. Catcher makes the tag on the runner coming home just before the batter-runner reached first. Three outs, inning over.
The next inning, the umpire says that the batter who struck out to end the previous inning is still up, because she hadn't reached base before the tag was made on the runner coming home and therefore she was never retired.
Is that correct? It didn't seem right to me but DD's coach was convinced.
Batter strikes out swinging, catcher drops the ball. Batter runs to first and runner on third comes home. Catcher makes the tag on the runner coming home just before the batter-runner reached first. Three outs, inning over.
The next inning, the umpire says that the batter who struck out to end the previous inning is still up, because she hadn't reached base before the tag was made on the runner coming home and therefore she was never retired.
Is that correct? It didn't seem right to me but DD's coach was convinced.