by josephrt1 » Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:27 pm
The runner going form 1st to 2nd ran inside the diamond and more than 3 feet out of the "basepath" to avoid the tag. The umpire called it but i thought he was pretty late in doing so. The 2nd baseman then flipped to 2nd to get the force out on this runner, but she was already out on the out of the base path call. Had the ump called it a little sooner, the fielder might have been able to flip to 1st base and get the 3rd out of the inning negating the go ahead run.
The second issue was coaches assistance at 1st base. The batter-runner was safe and there was no play, but for some reason started to walk away as if returning to the dugout. The coach grabbed her hand to get her back to 1st base. Umpire saw this and called her out for coaches assistance. Since the batter-runner had been safe at first, this 3rd out of the inning did not negate the run from scoring because the runner from 3rd had already crossed home plate. If the grab had happened before the batter-runner reached 1st base the runner would not have scored.
They did not show a replay of the coach grabbing her hand until the next night. It was slight, but definitely coaches assistance.