OFFICIAL BASEBALL RULES

Rule 9.07more extra bases, or permits another runner to advance, inwhich case the official scorer shall credit the runner with thestolen base and charge one error to the catcher.(c) When a runner, attempting to steal, or after being picked offbase, evades being put out in a run-down play and advances tothe next base without the aid of an error, the official scorer shallcredit the runner with a stolen base. If another runner alsoadvances on the play, the official scorer shall credit both runnerswith stolen bases. If a runner advances while another runner,attempting to steal, evades being put out in a run-downplay and returns safely, without the aid of an error, to the basehe originally occupied, the official scorer shall credit a stolenbase to the runner who advances.(d) When a double- or triple-steal is attempted and one runner isthrown out before reaching and holding the base such runner isattempting to steal, no other runner shall be credited with astolen base.(e) When a runner is tagged out after oversliding a base, whileattempting either to return to that base or to advance to the nextbase, the official scorer shall not credit such runner with astolen base.(f ) When in the scorer’s judgment a runner attempting to steal issafe because of a muffed throw, the official scorer shall notcredit a stolen base. The official scorer shall credit an assist tothe fielder who made the throw, charge an error to the fielderwho muffed the throw and charge the runner with “caughtstealing.”(g) The official scorer shall not score a stolen base when a runneradvances solely because of the defensive team’s indifference tothe runner’s advance. The official scorer shall score such a playas a fielder’s choice.Rule 9.07(g) Comment: The scorer shall consider, in judgingwhether the defensive team has been indifferent to a runner’sadvance, the totality of the circumstances, including the inningand score of the game, whether the defensive team had held therunner on base, whether the pitcher had made any pickoff113