Runner gets hit with ball

[zebra2955]

FED rules

R2 standing on base, Gets hit with (A) Pop fly or (B) ground ball. In both cases a fielder has a chance to make play.

Is the runner protected by being on the base, I know he is in an infield fly situation, but I cannot find in the book when it is not infield fly.

[noumpere]

Its the same rule as in pro rules (with a minor wording exception that really never comes into play)

[24sdad]

8-4-2 Any runner is out when he

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  (k) is contacted by a fair batted ball before it touches an infielder, or after it passes any infielder, except the pitcher, and the umpire is convinced that another infielder has a play (5-1-1f, 6-1-5).
  
  1. 
     If a runner is touching his base when he is hit by an infield fly, he is not
     out, but the batter is out by the infield fly rule. The ball is dead, even in
     the exception.
     
     
  2. 
     If a runner is hit by an infield fly when he is not touching his base, both
     he and the batter are out.
     

(k) gives you the answer, (1) gives you the exception

[24sdad]

Case play

8.4.2 SITUATION H: With R1 on second, R2 on first and one out, B4 hits a ground ball or an infield fly. F4, standing behind second base, is in position to field the ball. The ball strikes R1 who is (a) near second or - b - standing on second. RULING: In both (a) and -b-, the ball is dead immediately. If the hit is an infield fly, B4 shall be declared out (8-4-1j). In (a), R1 is out on either type of hit. In -b-, R1 would be out on the ground ball, but not on an infield fly. A runner need not vacate his base to permit a fielder to make a catch, but he shall give the fielder a reasonable opportunity to make the play. (7-4-1f, 5-1-1f)