{"id":2400,"date":"2009-04-24T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2009-10-21T22:09:08","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T21:09:08","slug":"you-are-the-scorer-number-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2400","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Scorer: Number 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5684\" title=\"YouAreScorer\" src=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer.gif\" alt=\"YouAreScorer\" width=\"473\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer.gif 473w, https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer-300x53.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scenario:<\/strong> A batter\u00c2\u00a0has a\u00c2\u00a0count of\u00c2\u00a0two balls and two strikes.<\/p>\n<p>In which of the following circumstances would a strike-out be awarded?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; Batter bunts the next pitch and the ball drops and stays in foul territory.<br \/>\n<strong>B<\/strong> &#8211; Batter bunts the next pitch and the ball is caught as a foul-tip by the catcher.<br \/>\n<strong>C<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; Batter bunts the next pitch foul, with the ball\u00c2\u00a0popping up several\u00c2\u00a0metres and being\u00c2\u00a0caught by the catcher.<br \/>\n<strong>D<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; A and B.<br \/>\n<strong>E<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0A and C.<br \/>\n<strong>F<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0B and C.<br \/>\n<strong>G<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; A, B, and C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlight the text below to reveal the answer:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> D &#8211; A and B.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rule 10.15(a)(4) states:<br \/>\n<em>[The official scorer shall score a strikeout whenever a batter] bunts foul on third strike, unless such bunt on third strike results in a foul fly caught by any fielder, in which case the official scorer shall not score a strikeout and shall credit the fielder who catches such foul fly with a putout.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenario: A batter\u00c2\u00a0has a\u00c2\u00a0count of\u00c2\u00a0two balls and two strikes. In which of the following circumstances would a strike-out be awarded? A &#8211; Batter bunts the next pitch and the ball drops and stays in foul territory. B &#8211; Batter bunts the next pitch and the ball is caught as a foul-tip by the catcher. C\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-are-the-scorer","tag-gbbsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2400"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5718,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions\/5718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}