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Ground rule single?

digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
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Well, I learned something new today.

If a player hits a walk-off ground rule double with the bases loaded in a tie game, it's scored as only a single.
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    makes sense. Outfielders playing in and that double could have just as well been an out had the outfielders even tried to catch the ball.
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  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,977 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thinking could be that when runner on third scores the game is over. However if the batter hits a home run he gets credit for the homer and 4 RBIs. On a ground rule double there should be credit for 2 RBIs.
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  • arexarex Posts: 999 ✭
    In this scenario the batter would only get credit for the single as it scores the winning run. I believe that homerums used to be treated the same way iirc.
    However now they now give homeruns hit as walk off full credit since by definition a homerun allows the batter to knock himself in. So he therefore gets credit for the homerun.
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