Bounding Ball Out of Play - Triple?

[Guest Christian]

Hello, Ump.

In the 7th inning of the May 28, 2018 Blue Jays-Red Sox game, Teoscar Hernandez was awarded 3 bases after the ball bounded high out of play in center field.

Why was this not simply awarded two bases?

[rzanew]

https://www.mlb.com/video/hernandezs-rbi-triple/c-2092125183

 

Ball never left the field of play.  "Award" was simply what Hernandez achieved on the play.

[umpstu]

35 minutes ago, rzanew said:

https://www.mlb.com/video/hernandezs-rbi-triple/c-2092125183

 

Ball never left the field of play.  "Award" was simply what Hernandez achieved on the play.

Crazy bounces.

[beerguy55]

1 hour ago, Guest Christian said:

Hello, Ump.

In the 7th inning of the May 28, 2018 Blue Jays-Red Sox game, Teoscar Hernandez was awarded 3 bases after the ball bounded high out of play in center field.

Why was this not simply awarded two bases?

The umpires originally awarded him second (actually forced him to return to second) when they thought the ball bounced out of play and returned to the field.  When they realized the ball never left the field they returned him to the base he had actually reached on the play.

[maven]

Well, it was an award. Gerry Davis killed it before the BR reached 3B!

They invoked 8.02(c) in order to advance the BR to 3B.

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If the umpires consult after a play and change a call that had been made, then they have the authority to take all steps that they may deem necessary, in their discretion, to eliminate the results and consequences of the earlier call that they are reversing, including placing runners where they think those runners would have been after the play, had the ultimate call been  made  as  the  initial  call,  disregarding  interference  or obstruction that may have occurred on the play; failures of runners to tag up based upon the initial call on the field; runners passing other runners or missing bases; etc., all in the discretion of the umpires.