i was playing baseball with my cousins and i pitched the ball to my sister and she hit it in the air. before it hit the ground someone on my team caught it. my other cousin who is on the other team was on 2nd base when the ball was hit then went off the base when the ball was caught. i know that in softball it would count as 2 outs(1 for my sister who hit the ball and 1 for my cousin who was off the base when the ball was caught) but does it only count as 1 out in baseball? we got in an argument and i cant find the answer anywhere else so please help.
2006-06-16 08:46:47 · 7 answers · asked by sfbkjdsfbjkebf 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
For both softball and baseball, if the ball is caught in the air the runner on base has to go back to the base. If the runner is tagged before getting back or a fielder with the ball touches the base before the runner gets back, the runner is out.
You can run after the ball is caught, but you have to be on the base after it is caught. That's called tagging up (mostly done when a runner is on third and an outfielder catches the ball).
2006-06-16 08:55:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal baseball rules state that the base runner must tag up after the ball is caught before attempting to move to the next base. Unless the baserunner is tagged by a fielder in posession of the ball before returning to the base, he or she is safe.
That said, you need to agree on ground rules before the game. Lacking any ground rules to the contrary, the above rule would apply.
2006-06-16 15:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone on the defensive team ( the team that caught the ball)touches second base before the runner returns to the base then the runner is also out.
2006-06-16 15:53:22 · answer #3 · answered by phylerphan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the runner doesn't tag the base he/she was orignially on and someone tags it, then yes, both players are out. baseball has a rule were if a ball is popped up in the infield, the batter is automatically out and the runners can run. it is called the infield fly rule, which it to prevent a player for purposely dropping a ball in order to get a double or even triple play.
2006-06-16 15:53:40 · answer #4 · answered by z m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even in soft ball, its only one out, unless the runner on second base was tagged, or the second base person had the ball on base, and there was someone already on third.
2006-06-16 15:52:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 outs if your cousin was caught off base. they have to tag her though
2006-06-16 15:52:03 · answer #6 · answered by suckmeoff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they just couldnt steal if the ball was caught. as long as they went back to the base their not out...
2006-06-16 15:52:18 · answer #7 · answered by atl_diva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋