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Old 06-06-2012, 03:31 PM   #831
Eckstein 4 Prez
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RBI scoring bug:

Runner at second, one out. Batter hits a grounder to second, the second baseman airmails the throw, batter ends up at second, runner scores. The ball location was 4M, so the second baseman had to range a little.

In reality, there are two ways to score this from the batter's perspective: infield hit with a throwing error or ground out with a two-base throwing error. (The former is more likely on difficult plays, and one of the things that annoys me is that the game ALWAYS scores these scoring errors as the latter. But that's distinct from this bug.)

Either way, the batter will not get an RBI for the runner who scored from second, since the official scorer will look at what would have happened and credit the batter accordingly. If it had been an infield hit, the runner would be on third. If it had been a ground out, the runner would be on third. Thus, no RBI.

OOTP scores this as: ground out, two-base throwing error, RBI for the batter.
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