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Ok you put in a courtesy runner for your pitcher and she ends up scoreing who get's the run scored ?
The runner would be my guess, being once she is used as the runner she is tied to that batter unless she subs into the game for someone else.
I looked in three different scoring guides- the NFHS rule book, the ASA rule book and the comprehensive on-line ATEC Scoring Guide- and none of them seem to address this.
What I had always heard in the past was that the run is credited to the player who actually batted and earned her way on base. That makes sense to me- the courtesy runner wouldn't even be on base if the original batter hadn't earned her way on base in the first place.
Conversely, any stolen bases acheived by the courtesy runner are credited to her, as the original batter had nothing to do with that.
TR_Out ... a player previously used as a courtesy runner can enter into the game as a substitute anywhere in the order later in the game, so they are not tied to the spot in the order they courtesy ran for. In high school ball, only players who have not officially been in the game already can be used as a courtesy runner. However, if you use a pinch-runner for someone other than the pitcher or catcher, that player is an official sub and she is tied to that spot in the order. So you should use a courtesy runner when running for the pitcher or catcher, and make sure the umpire knows that it is a courtesy and not a pinch runner.
I do know if you use say #20 to run for the catcher, she cannot run for the pitcher as well Now if you have several subs you can use a different runner for the catcher next time, as long as she has not run for the pitcher. So the runner is tied to the batter, but the batter is not tied to the runner, provided you have enough layers on the bench.
Correct me if im wrong Bretman???
Huge difference between a courtesy runner and a substitute runner (I'm sure you already know that, Mike! )
A courtesy runner isn't tied to the batter, or tied to another player. She is tied to a position- either a pitcher or catcher. You could have multiple players assume the positions of pitcher or catcher throughout a game and those players might or might not be in the same spot of the batting order.
Example: Batter #1 is the pitcher. She gets on base and is replaced by a courtesy runner. Later in the game, batter #7 assumes the pitcher's position. If she gets on base, the same courtesy runner may run for her (assuming that the C/R hasn't been used as a sub up to that point). Later...batter #7 is replaced by a sub off the bench and the sub is now the pitcher. The same C/R can run for her if she gets on base. This illustrates that a C/R can possibly run not only for batters in different positions in the line-up, but for different individual players as well.