Obstruction Call

[cearle23]

No outs, no runners on, FED rules set. Right handed batter squares and lays down a bunt to the pitcher. Catcher comes charging out and collides with batter/runner in front of home plate and his contact causes the runner to drift well into fair territory before he can resume his path to first base. Pitcher fields the ball and throws to first to retire the runner. What's your call?

[grozzly]

it seems you have an out...

in FED, i don't know, but in OBR, a collision between BR and catcher in this kind of situation isn't an OBS, except if BR interfers with the catcher deliberatly. 

[UMP45]

Same in FED.

[cearle23]

Welp, might have missed that one today. I gave the batter first on the play... in my judgment the catcher had a marginal chance to make the play as the ball was pretty much straight to the pitcher, and his contact definitely hindered the batter's progress and altered his path to first. That said hnnnad there not been contact the batter probably still would have been out at first...

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[noumpere]

ai

No outs, no runners on, FED rules set. Right handed batter squares and lays down a bunt to the pitcher. Catcher comes charging out and collides with batter/runner in front of home plate and his contact causes the runner to drift well into fair territory before he can resume his path to first base. Pitcher fields the ball and throws to first to retire the runner. What's your call?

I agree with the other answers.  But, what if, as in the OP, the contact forces BR into fair territory, where he is then hit by the throw?  RLI? 

[Replacematt]

it seems you have an out...

in FED, i don't know, but in OBR, a collision between BR and catcher in this kind of situation isn't an OBS, except if BR interfers with the catcher deliberatly.

Only if the catcher has a legitimate play on the ball.