Intentionally Dropped

[Stk004]

I'm at the Mariners game and I have a rule question. 

Top of the 5th R1, 0 outs. Line drive to Canó who intentionally drops it and flips it to F6. U2 calls the batter out and R1 stays where he is. I thought that rule only applied when there's R1 R2, or R1 R2 R3 and less than 2 outs. Thoughts? 

[Jimurray]

15 minutes ago, Stk004 said:

I'm at the Mariners game and I have a rule question. 

Top of the 5th R1, 0 outs. Line drive to Canó who intentionally drops it and flips it to F6. U2 calls the batter out and R1 stays where he is. I thought that rule only applied when there's R1 R2, or R1 R2 R3 and less than 2 outs. Thoughts? 

The infield fly rule applies in your second to last sentence. Otherwise the intentionally dropped ball rule applies as in this case. Thoughts, Ballpark, Beer, post in the am. 

[Senor Azul]

The rule is OBR 5.09a and it is applied in any force situation--its purpose is to protect the runners (just like the infield fly rule):

5.09a--A batter is out when…

(12) An infielder intentionally drops a fair fly ball or line drive, with first, first and second, first and third, or first, second and third base occupied before two are out. The ball is dead and runner or runners shall return to their original base or bases;

APPROVED RULING: In this situation, the batter is not out if the infielder permits the ball to drop untouched to the ground, except when the Infield Fly rule applies.

[Jimurray]

18 minutes ago, Senor Azul said:

The rule is OBR 5.09a and it is applied in any force situation--its purpose is to protect the runners (just like the infield fly rule):

5.09a--A batter is out when…

 

(12) An infielder intentionally drops a fair fly ball or line drive, with first, first and second, first and third, or first, second and third base occupied before two are out. The ball is dead and runner or runners shall return to their original base or bases;

 

APPROVED RULING: In this situation, the batter is not out if the infielder permits the ball to drop untouched to the ground, except when the Infield Fly rule applies.

 

And, elsewhere in the rules we will find that if the infield fly is in effect the ball can be intentionally dropped and it will not be dead.

[noumpere]

7 hours ago, Stk004 said:

I'm at the Mariners game and I have a rule question. 

Top of the 5th R1, 0 outs. Line drive to Canó who intentionally drops it and flips it to F6. U2 calls the batter out and R1 stays where he is. I thought that rule only applied when there's R1 R2, or R1 R2 R3 and less than 2 outs. Thoughts? 

If you remember that the purpose of the rule is to prevent the defense from a "cheap" double play (("cheap" because they need to do something against the normal baseball movers of catching a ball), then you will remember when the rule applies -- and when the infield fly rule applies, and what to do when you have both.