Scoring Question

Bobfather · 11-23-2019, 12:30 AM

Runner on first. Next batter gets a hit runner scores, throw goes to third batter safe. (had option to send runner home) Double or Triple?
I think triple OOTP says double. I am seeing this a lot.

jmolony3 · 11-23-2019, 12:32 AM

With the information you provided I think a Triple. Had they attempted to throw to the plate it would be a Double.

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Dyzalot · 11-23-2019, 02:44 AM

Two things here. One is the fact that you had the option to send the runner home, he wasn't forced. As for the throw going to third, without the PbP I don't know if it went directly to third or was cutoff by the infielder because the batter was trying to take second on the throw to the plate. Based on the first bit of evidence, I would lean double, batter advanced on the throw. If the batter was going for a triple all the way, I don't think OOTP would make it so you could turn a triple into a double by holding the runner at third. I could be wrong but my educated guess says that the OOTP engine doesn't work like that.

zappa1 · 11-24-2019, 08:42 AM

If you have the option to send the runner home, then that's implying that the runner has MADE 3rd base. And this is from the pbp, right? Should be a triple.

Curve Ball Dave · 11-24-2019, 09:14 AM

It's a double if the batter advanced to third as a result of the defense making a play on the runner trying to score. It's a triple if the play was only on the batter. Sounds like a triple the way you described it.

11-23-2019, 12:30 AM	#1
Bobfather All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Boston Ma. Posts: 1,857	Scoring Question Runner on first. Next batter gets a hit runner scores, throw goes to third batter safe. (had option to send runner home) Double or Triple? I think triple OOTP says double. I am seeing this a lot.

11-24-2019, 09:14 AM	#5
Curve Ball Dave Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,393	It's a double if the batter advanced to third as a result of the defense making a play on the runner trying to score. It's a triple if the play was only on the batter. Sounds like a triple the way you described it. __________________ "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.

11-23-2019, 12:32 AM	#2
jmolony3 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 190	With the information you provided I think a Triple. Had they attempted to throw to the plate it would be a Double. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

11-23-2019, 02:44 AM	#3
Dyzalot All Star Starter Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,740	Two things here. One is the fact that you had the option to send the runner home, he wasn't forced. As for the throw going to third, without the PbP I don't know if it went directly to third or was cutoff by the infielder because the batter was trying to take second on the throw to the plate. Based on the first bit of evidence, I would lean double, batter advanced on the throw. If the batter was going for a triple all the way, I don't think OOTP would make it so you could turn a triple into a double by holding the runner at third. I could be wrong but my educated guess says that the OOTP engine doesn't work like that.

11-24-2019, 08:42 AM	#4
zappa1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,244	If you have the option to send the runner home, then that's implying that the runner has MADE 3rd base. And this is from the pbp, right? Should be a triple.