Obstrution???

[Guest Jimmy]

Obstruction? Awarded 3rd?
Son hit a hard ball down the right field line. Past the right fielder. As he was rounding 1st the 1st baseman made contact with him(ump called obstruction and the play went on) he then rounded 2nd and was headed for 3rd. relay from right field came in and the baseman made a great throw to 3rd and he was tagged out on a super close tag. Should he be awarded 3rd?
The SS was also standing on 2nd when he round it too. But no obstruction was called. League is 10u USSSA

[Gfoley4]

it's going to depend on how contact and hinderance there was. If the play was really that close, I'd say that he should have been awarded third base, but it's a judgement call for the umpire. He must decide to place runners to which ever base would have nullified the act of obstruction.

[maven]

The award is based on umpire judgment, as it must nullify the act of OBS. Without video, we cannot legitimately comment on the correctness of the judgment call in a particular case.

As a general rule, if a runner is tagged out on a close play after having been obstructed, he probably should have been awarded that base, all else being equal.

If the awarded base is 2B and the runner advances beyond that base, he advances at his own risk. Any outs made at bases beyond (or even back into) the awarded base will stand.