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Javier Baez Confuses Pirates When He Runs From 1B to Home
Topics: Baseball Myths, Batter Runner, force out, Time Play
Rule 5.08 (a) says that no run can score when the batter-runner makes the third out before he touches first base, or if the inning ends in a force. The Pirates hosted the Cubs on Thursday afternoon. In the top of the third, Javier Baez was batting with Willson Contreras on second base and two…