MBS

I've been duped by Maven. There is no scorekeepers.com. Feel like a freshman with a senior just pulling prank on me.

Maven, I did not know about scorekeepers.com. Thank you.

I had always heard that if you got an out, you didn't score an error. But, I looking through the rules, I found no such rule. The runner did not get a hit, so there must be a reason for that, right? Reason is E5. Our scorekeeper scored it an E5 with a pick-off. But, the pick-off credits the pitcher, who was not even involved with the play. Sounds to me like Larry from TN's response is the complete proper scoring, i.e. reached-on-error (E5) and an unassisted put-out (US3). Thank you!

Thanks for all the feedback. Yes, a clean throw from the third baseman would have gotten the out at first. I updated the question to make that clear.

With no outs and no one on base, the batter hits a hard ground ball to third base. The third baseman fields the ball cleanly, but makes a low throw to the first baseman. A clean throw would have gotten the force out at first. The first baseman stops the ball, but the ball lays on the ground by first. The runner is safe at first, but makes a turn toward second to advance and then immediately decides to return to first. But, the first baseman picks up the ball and tags the batter-runner before the return to first is complete. The umpire calls the batter-runner out. Is the third baseman charged with an error on the throw?