Runner on 2nd base. Wild pitch and runner advances to 3rd and rounds it as the catcher scrambles for the ball which ends up on the 3rd base foul line about 10 feet up the line. As the runner rounds 3rd she runs into the shortstop covering the bag. The coach tells the runner to keep running home. By this time the runner is about 5 feet down the line from 3rd base and the catcher stands in the base path until the runner comes to her (jogging) and tags the runner going home.
The umpire calls obstruction and awards the runner home scoring a run. Nobody could have reasonably argued that the runner would have made it home except for the obstruction. I believe the obstruction keeps her from being tagged out at 3rd but not awards her home if she couldn't have gotten it without the obstruction.
What's the correct call?
The umpire calls obstruction and awards the runner home scoring a run. Nobody could have reasonably argued that the runner would have made it home except for the obstruction. I believe the obstruction keeps her from being tagged out at 3rd but not awards her home if she couldn't have gotten it without the obstruction.
What's the correct call?