{"id":2727,"date":"2009-05-15T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2009-10-21T22:11:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T21:11:35","slug":"you-are-the-scorer-number-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=2727","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Scorer: Number 28"},"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> In the ninth inning of a tied ballgame, the visitors have a runner on first with no outs. The batter lays down a bunt that is\u00c2\u00a0picked up\u00c2\u00a0cleanly by the pitcher. The pitcher struggles to decide whether to go for the risky out at second or the easy out at first, and in the end throws the ball wide of the\u00c2\u00a0first baseman. This enables the batter-runner to reach first base. The lead runner is comfortably safe at second.<\/p>\n<p>Should the batter be charged with an at-bat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; Yes.<br \/>\n<strong>B<\/strong> &#8211; No.<\/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;\">\u00c2\u00a0B &#8211; No.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rule 10.08(a) states:<br \/>\n<em>Score a sacrifice bunt when, before two are out, the batter advances one or more runners with a bunt and is put out at first base, or would have been put out except for a fielding error.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">So the batter&#8217;s advance to first goes down as a sacrifice hit with a reach on error,\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0a sacrifice\u00c2\u00a0hit does not constitute an at-bat.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenario: In the ninth inning of a tied ballgame, the visitors have a runner on first with no outs. The batter lays down a bunt that is\u00c2\u00a0picked up\u00c2\u00a0cleanly by the pitcher. The pitcher struggles to decide whether to go for the risky out at second or the easy out at first, and in the end [&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-2727","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\/2727","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=2727"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5721,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions\/5721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}