Interference

[Guest Tom]

Runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out.

Ball hit to shortstop and runner from 2nd to 3rd does not make contact with ball or fielder but is deemed to have interfered with the shortstop attempting to field the ball and is called out.

no ‘dead ball’ was called by the umpire and the shortstop then continued to throw to 1st and the get batter/runner out.

Umpire called runner from 2nd-3rd out but let batter/runner stay at 1st.

How should this be called?

 

[Richvee]

The call of interference on this type of play ends the playing action. . R2 is out, batter/runner gets 1B,  R3 returns to 3B. Technically, the throw to 1B never happened.

Contact does not need to happen for interference to be called. If the umpire judges the runner hindered F6's attempt to field the ball in any way, it is interference, the ball is dead immediately. The fact that "F6 made the play anyway" has no bearing on the call or the outcome.

[noumpere]

8 hours ago, Richvee said:

The call of interference on this type of play ends the playing action. . R2 is out, batter/runner gets 1B,  R3 returns to 3B. Technically, the throw to 1B never happened.

Contact does not need to happen for interference to be called. If the umpire judges the runner hindered F6's attempt to field the ball in any way, it is interference, the ball is dead immediately. The fact that "F6 made the play anyway" has no bearing on the call or the outcome.

Given that it was INT, I agree -- but I'd like to hear more about the actions and why INT was called.  I know it's HTBT and judgment -- but it's possible this wasn't really INT.