out of the baseline - crazy ?

[HankC]

base loaded triple and the hitter is out of the baseline trying to stretch it to home .

 

nfhs rule 8-4-2 ( penalty ) says runners return to base at the time of the pitch .

[noumpere]

That penalty is for 8-4-2b, and more specifically for the "on a force play" part of the rule.

There's no additional penalty (beyond the runner being out) for going out of the baseline, and the ball remains live.

[Thunderheads]

13 minutes ago, HankC said:

base loaded triple and the hitter is out of the baseline trying to stretch it to home .

 

nfhs rule 8-4-2 ( penalty ) says runners return to base at the time of the pitch .

Wrong.  You're reading the penalty for the force play violation.  The first 2 sentences of the "PENALTY" section would satisfy this play.  IF THE RUNNER was out of the baseline because a play/tag was being made on him going home from a triple, ...the batter would be out.

[HankC]

gotcha . thanks for helping 

[Lou B]

Plus, the batter/runner can never be out on a force play. A force play only applies to runners on base who are "forced" to advance due to the batter becoming a runner.