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0 or 1 outs, runner on 3rd... batter bunts, fielder (1st base, 3rd or pitcher) fields and holds ball instead of throwing to 1st - not wanting to allow runner to score... scoring decision on batter? FC correct?
touched base.
14.7.1.4 When a runner is checked and no throw or a
late throw is made, but the runner would have been
out had the initial play gone to first base.
Official NCAA scoring of a fielders choice. 14.7.1.4
Hit all day........... I"m hard on defenses and I believe that outs should be made or at least a play. Whether it be a fake throw to draw the runner off base or if the fielder makes the throw to first hoping to get the double play. I think sometimes we look to take hits away from batters. A good defense will get the out AND keep the run from scoring. My answer is an opinion though and not supported by a scoring guidline.
Yes, I believe that is a fielder's choice. Here is the ATEC provision:
"Credit a Fielder's Choice:
4. when a runner is checked and no throw is made (a mere checking of a lead runner, or faking a throw does not constitute a play, unless no throw is made, but when a check is followed by a throw and the hitter is safe, credit a hit)"
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Be interested in others' thoughts on whether a hit can be awarded in the circumstance where there is a runner on third, the runner is checked and no throw is made, but the batter would have been safe even if a throw had been made without a check.
I fully agree w/ Stingrays 98 - should go down in the book as a sac since the hitter was voluntarily giving herself up but only if she is safe at first.
My read is if a play was made at home & runner is safe then batter gets a hit.