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I dont know if he stumbled or slid intentionally. About 5 minutes after the play the mom and kid said he was tripping then just slid head first as opposed to actually tripping which he thought would eventually happen. it was a stubmle turned slide instead. its a 12yo. One of the top players in league. Plays for a top team in town too... where sliding head first is legal. Though ive never seen him or anyone else do this intentionally. In the moment he said he didnt know you couldnt go head first. After he said he tripped. Who knows. It looked like a nice slide to me... but i wasnt watching his every move because i was watching runner to home, catcher chasing ball and then throwing... and i looked over and he was sliding into first. So not sure if feet were tripped up or not.

got it. thank you!

this is what another page says Example: Runner on third, two outs. Catcher drops the third strike, while he is picking it up and throwing to first, the runner from third crosses home plate. As long as the catcher throws out the runner at first, the run doesn't count. The force play at first is the same as if a ground ball was hit to another infielder. The run doesn't count.

hmmm. So he it or before getting there... so no run. Got it. What if the runner scored, then the batter was out at first after the runner scored. Loose ball, runner from 3rd gets home... then catcher throws batter out at first intime. does runner score?