Pretty sure this is an error / Fluke

chriskelly · 07-10-2016, 02:17 PM

Bottom 9th, tie game, man on 3rd. Batter hits a walk off triple! Pretty cool, but I don't this this is possible.

You can hit a walk off single or HR, and I guess a ground rule double. but, once that runner crosses the plate, the game is over. I think it should have been a walk off single.

I don't want my $$ back or anything!!!! I just thought it was cool and weird!

NovaNation19 · 07-10-2016, 02:26 PM

Were there less than 2 outs?

If so maybe the outfielder was close enough to catching it and the runner was holding and going to tag up, while the batter just flew around the bases.

chriskelly · 07-10-2016, 02:36 PM

I think there were 2 outs, at least 1. that's the only scenario I can think of, but that batter would have to step on 3rd before the runner got home, which is just about impossible. It's still pretty cool though!!!!

NYYANKS98 · 07-10-2016, 07:20 PM

A fast runner hitting a long, very high fly ball that ends up carrying into a wall when the runner thought they had to tag up is the only explanation I can think of. Regardless it wouldn't happen because you wouldn't risk a triple with another runner trying to score the go ahead run though.

jmolony3 · 07-10-2016, 08:53 PM

(f) Subject to the provisions of 10.07 (g), when the batter ends a game with a safe hit which drives in as many runs as are necessary to put his team in the lead, he shall be credited with only as many bases on his hit as are advanced by the runner who scores the winning run, and then only if the batter runs out his hit for as many bases as are advanced by the runner who scores the winning run.

NOTE: Apply this rule even when the batter is theoretically entitled to more bases because of being awarded an "automatic" extra base hit under various provisions of Playing Rules 6.09 and 7.05.

(g) When the batter ends a game with a home run hit out of the playing field, he and any runners on base are entitled to score.

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jmolony3 · 07-10-2016, 08:53 PM

So by rule it could only be a single

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gglennwill · 07-13-2016, 04:38 PM

Does that mean that if there is a man on 2nd in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game, and the batter hits a long drive that scores the runner from 2nd, the batter has to touch 2nd for it to count (as happened to Fred Merkle in 1908)? Or does it mean that in that situation that if the batter runs and touches 1st he is credited with a single but if he touches 2nd he is credited with a double, but either way the run counts?

BIG17EASY · 07-13-2016, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by gglennwill

Does that mean that if there is a man on 2nd in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game, and the batter hits a long drive that scores the runner from 2nd, the batter has to touch 2nd for it to count (as happened to Fred Merkle in 1908)? Or does it mean that in that situation that if the batter runs and touches 1st he is credited with a single but if he touches 2nd he is credited with a double, but either way the run counts?

If he stops at first, it's a single. If he goes to second, it's a double. But the rule makes it a double even if he goes to third or all the way home. It can't be more than the amount of bases the winning run travels to score. So in this case, it can't be more than a double, but it can be only a single if the batter stops there.

07-10-2016, 02:17 PM	#1
chriskelly All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 748	Pretty sure this is an error / Fluke Bottom 9th, tie game, man on 3rd. Batter hits a walk off triple! Pretty cool, but I don't this this is possible. You can hit a walk off single or HR, and I guess a ground rule double. but, once that runner crosses the plate, the game is over. I think it should have been a walk off single. I don't want my $$ back or anything!!!! I just thought it was cool and weird!

07-10-2016, 02:26 PM	#2
NovaNation19 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 147	Were there less than 2 outs? If so maybe the outfielder was close enough to catching it and the runner was holding and going to tag up, while the batter just flew around the bases.

07-10-2016, 02:36 PM	#3
chriskelly All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 748	I think there were 2 outs, at least 1. that's the only scenario I can think of, but that batter would have to step on 3rd before the runner got home, which is just about impossible. It's still pretty cool though!!!!

07-10-2016, 07:20 PM	#4
NYYANKS98 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 128	A fast runner hitting a long, very high fly ball that ends up carrying into a wall when the runner thought they had to tag up is the only explanation I can think of. Regardless it wouldn't happen because you wouldn't risk a triple with another runner trying to score the go ahead run though.

07-10-2016, 08:53 PM	#5
jmolony3 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 190	(f) Subject to the provisions of 10.07 (g), when the batter ends a game with a safe hit which drives in as many runs as are necessary to put his team in the lead, he shall be credited with only as many bases on his hit as are advanced by the runner who scores the winning run, and then only if the batter runs out his hit for as many bases as are advanced by the runner who scores the winning run. NOTE: Apply this rule even when the batter is theoretically entitled to more bases because of being awarded an "automatic" extra base hit under various provisions of Playing Rules 6.09 and 7.05. (g) When the batter ends a game with a home run hit out of the playing field, he and any runners on base are entitled to score. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

07-13-2016, 04:38 PM	#7
gglennwill Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 289	Does that mean that if there is a man on 2nd in the bottom of the ninth in a tie game, and the batter hits a long drive that scores the runner from 2nd, the batter has to touch 2nd for it to count (as happened to Fred Merkle in 1908)? Or does it mean that in that situation that if the batter runs and touches 1st he is credited with a single but if he touches 2nd he is credited with a double, but either way the run counts?