In major league baseball, if the score is tied in the bottom of the 9th and the home team has the bases loaded and the batter hits a ball that bounces over the fence for a ground rule double, does the home team win by one run or two runs? Does the batter get one RBI or two? Does he get credit for a single or a double?
2006-12-27 09:21:41 · 13 answers · asked by Jeffrey K 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
A batted ball that bounces over the fence is not a ground-rule double; it's a two-base award, governed by the rule book. Ground rules are specific to a field and serve only to define the field's boundaries.
That said, only the runner from third scores in your scenario, per Rule 4.11(c): "The score of a regulation game is the total number of runs scored by each team at the moment the game ends. (c) If the home team scores the winning run in its half of the ninth inning (or its half of an extra inning after a tie), the game ends immediately when the winning run is scored. EXCEPTION: If the last batter in a game hits a HOME RUN out of the playing field, the batter-runner and all runners on base are permitted to score, in accordance with base-running rules..." (emphasis added).
Note that the rule does not apply an exception to a two-base award.
Furthermore, Rule 10.07(f) clarifies that the batter-runner in your play would be credited only with a single because only the runner from third scored:
"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... CASE NOTE: Apply this rule even when the batter is theoretically entitled to more bases because of being awarded an 'automatic' extra-base hit under the 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."
In summary: (1) The home team wins by one run, (2) The batter gets one RBI, (3) The batter gets credit for a single.
2006-12-27 12:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by Ryan R 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From the MLB rules 4.11(c):
"(c) If the home team scores the winning run in its half of the ninth inning (or its half of an extra inning after a tie), the game ends immediately when the winning run is scored. EXCEPTION: If the last batter in a game hits a home run out of the playing field, the batter-runner and all runners on base are permitted to score, in accordance with the base-running rules, and the game ends when the batter-runner touches home plate."
In the event of a ground rule double the game is over when the winning run reaches home plate. The batter is awarded a double, and the game ends with a one run victory
2006-12-27 09:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by Joe L 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A single.
If going into the bottom of the ninth or later with a tied score, the game can be won by the home team by one or four runs, nothing in between. It's 4.10 (b)
Ryan R is quite correct about a "ground rule" double. The situation that describe would be more correctly called a "rule book" or "automatic" double. It's interesting that Japanese baseball refers to this correctly, as I've described.
2006-12-27 14:51:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The home team wins by one run and the batter is credited with an RBI single.
2006-12-27 09:40:08 · answer #4 · answered by CSUFGrad2006 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When the batter hits a ground rule double he is given 2 bases ; therefore, he advances to 2nd base. The runners that were on 2nd and 3rd bases advance home and score. The runner that was on 1st advances to 3rd base, and doesn't score. The batter is awarded a double with 2 RBI's and the home team wins by two runs.
2006-12-27 09:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by Goose 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
When the scenario comes about as it did tonight, any walk-off hit other then a home run is considered a single if the winning run is in scoring position. If the batter isn't watching the runner in front and keeps going on to 2nd, it is still a single because the winning run would have scored before he made it to second, and the game ends right then, even if his momentum is still taking him to the next base. In a different scenario where the ball stays in play, and the runner is one first when it is hit, then whatever base the batter gets to by the time the run scores is what it is scored as. So if a batter drills a ball and is relatively close behind the front baserunner, and he gets a triple before the runner in front scores, it's a triple.
2016-03-29 08:37:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the bottom of the ninth is played, meaning the home team does not lead after the top of the ninth is completed, the ONLY way the home team can win by more than one run is by a "natural" homerun (not an inside-the-park homerun). If a "natural" homerun is not hit, the game ends as the winning run touches home plate safely.
2006-12-27 14:54:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
But if I'm not mistaken...it should be just one base...only time you'd get credit for more than one is a walk-off home run. Thus...he should get credit for a single and one RBI...which gives the home team a one-run win.
2006-12-27 09:36:30 · answer #8 · answered by bruiserkc2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Ricky's got this one. If the first run scores and everyone (meaning the baserunners) run to home plate, whooping it up and the batter has at least touched first, it's ok. But if the hitter advances to second, he gets a pair of RBIs and credit for a double. And you win by 2.
Or maybe Joe's got it....
2006-12-27 10:57:36 · answer #9 · answered by iwasnotanazipolka 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
home team wins by two runs, the batter gets two rbi's and he gets credit for a double
2006-12-27 10:03:40 · answer #10 · answered by shortstoperic7_2000 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋