ball bumbled out of play

[ousafe]

NFHS game.  No runners on, none out.  Ground ball to F6.  F6 airmails throw on what was going to be a close play at first.  Ball bounces back off the fence, and has remained live and in play.  Runner crosses first in the meantime.  F2, who has hustled up the line to back up, then basically boots the ball when trying to field it, and it rolls under a gap in the fencing, and out of play.

To me, once F2 attempts to field the ball off the fence and boots it out, that's no longer the first throw from the infield and I'm no longer using TOP for the base award.  Award the batter/runner 3rd.

Did I get that right?

[Tborze]

Yep!  Good call!

 

[Mudisfun]

The first play by the infield ended when the throw hit the fence. Once the other fielder provided additional energy to the ball, this causing it to go out of play, that is considered the 2nd play and is a TOT (or in this case, time of bumbling) award.

Time! You 3rd base.

You did it right.

 

[BobUmp]

The first attempt to put out the runner was the throw that stayed in play off the fence. If that went out of play by itself, then the BR gets second, and all others are two bases from TOP. Once a second play was made on the ball in live territory, and booted out, the BR gets two bases from the time it was booted. Since he had previously acquired 1B, he gets awarded to 3rd..

[BobUmp]

You just beat me to the post! What MUDISFUN said!!