Bases are loaded with 2 outs in a High school game. Third strike dropped ball rule is called. Can the batter run to 1st base if all bases are occupied or all the runners advance or is the batter out because the base is occupied?
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He is entitled to try and reach 1st base on the error, just like any other time... however all the other runners on base are required to run too, so unless it is a wild pitch or a passed ball then the catcher should be able to block the plate and tag out the runner advancing to home even if he doesn't have time to throw the batter out at 1st or tag him out. So really the batter may as well stay where he is and take the tag for the all the good running will do him, but he is of course entitled to run if he chooses.
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Because there are 2 outs the batter can try to run to first. If there are fewer then 2 outs and a runner on first then the batter cannot attempt to run to first. The batter should attempt to run to first because the catcher might throw to first instead of touching home plate or tagging R3 coming from third. Anytime you can get the defense to throw the ball, you raise the chance of an error taking place.
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The high school rule is the same as the rule in the OBR. The batter becomes a runner when a third strike is not caught, providing (1) first base is unoccupied when there are less than two out, or (2) first base is either occupied or unoccupied when there are two outs. With two outs and the bases loaded, any play at home plate is a force play. The catcher needs to only touch the plate while possessing the ball and R3 is would be out. No need to block the plate and tag the runner advancing from third.
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