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Common Ways to Put Out a Runner
Retiring the Runner: [Official Rule 5.09(b)(4)] Runner is tagged out by a fielder. The fielder has the ball and the runner is not touching the base [Official Rule 5.09(b)(4)] Fielder touches a base on a force out [Official Rule 5.09(b)(6)] Force plays are situations where a runner on base is required to advance to the […]
7.08 Runner Out
Any runner is out when – (a) (1) running more than three feet away from his/ her baseline to avoid being tagged, unless such action is to avoid interference with a fielder fielding a batted ball. A runner’s baseline is established when the tag attempt occurs and is a straight line from the runner to […]
How Batters Make Outs
Batter outs can take an even wider variety of forms ranging from all types of strikeouts, plays made in the field, instances of interference, batter errors, and incidental rule violations. For more detail on any of these types of outs, please click the corresponding links that follow each. In total, there are a little over […]