Scoring question

[SHS1]

Scoring question: Situation: Runner on third with a 2-1 count on batter and 1 out. Pitcher throws pitch in dirt and it is blocked by catcher. The ball gets stuck inside catcher's vest. Runner advanced to home and catcher pulls ball out and tags runner. Field umpire calls a dead ball infraction and allows runner to score. How is it scored in score book if any? Umpire made the correct call also.

[FightinIllini]

stole home

[Ace1]

I could be wrong but I would say a passed ball.

[thelawking]

I would score it a wild pitch if it hit the dirt before engaging to catcher.  I don't see it as a dead ball, I see it still live because the ball never left the field of play.  I think the Umpire is wrong.  If tagged out, he is out.

[Switchhitter]

E-2

[Switchhitter]

E-2...can not use mask or protector to trap or catch a baseball...

[SHS1]

I made an E-2 in the book since the catcher was closest to ball when infraction ocurred and was the result of the infraction.

[jmj1961]

When a live ball becomes unplayable, it is a "dead ball."  This would be a dead ball and the runner is allowed to advance home.  Umpire made the right call.  Not sure how you score it. 

[rulesman09]

NFHS 8-3-3(d): "Each runner is awarded...one base if a pitch or any throw by a pitcher from his pitching position on the plate goes into a stand or bleacher or over or through any fence...or lodges in an umpire's or catcher's equipment."

In terms of scoring:

"A wild pitch shall be charged to the pitcher when a ball delivered to the batter is so high or so low (including any pitch that touches the ground in front of home plate), or so far away from home plate that the catcher does not stop or control it with ordinary effort so that the batter runner advances to first or any runner advances a base. When the catcher enables a runner, other than the batter-runner, to advance by failing to control a pitch he should have been able to, it is...a "passed ball."

Edited April 21, 2014 by rulesman09

[SHS1]

NFHS 8-3-3(d): "Each runner is awarded...one base if a pitch or any throw by a pitcher from his pitching position on the plate goes into a stand or bleacher or over or through any fence...or lodges in an umpire's or catcher's equipment."

In terms of scoring:

"A wild pitch shall be charged to the pitcher when a ball delivered to the batter is so high or so low (including any pitch that touches the ground in front of home plate), or so far away from home plate that the catcher does not stop or control it with ordinary effort so that the batter runner advances to first or any runner advances a base. When the catcher enables a runner, other than the batter-runner, to advance by failing to control a pitch he should have been able to, it is...a "passed ball."

Thanks.

[takeahack]

Under your scenario "a ball in the dirt" blocked by the catcher this is definitely scored as a runner advancing base by wild pitch. No questions asked, any pitch in the dirt with an advance by a runner is a wild pitch.