OFFICIAL BASEBALL RULES

Rule 9.12(2) when such fielder muffs a foul fly to prolong the time atbat of a batter, whether the batter subsequently reachesfirst base or is put out;(3) when such fielder catches a thrown ball or a ground ballin time to put out the batter-runner and fails to tag firstbase or the batter-runner;(4) when such fielder catches a thrown ball or a ground ballin time to put out any runner on a force play and fails totag the base or the runner;(5) whose wild throw permits a runner to reach a base safely,when in the scorer’s judgment a good throw would haveput out the runner, unless such wild throw is madeattempting to prevent a stolen base;(6) whose wild throw in attempting to prevent a runner’sadvance permits that runner or any other runner toadvance one or more bases beyond the base such runnerwould have reached had the throw not been wild;(7) whose throw takes an unnatural bounce, touches a baseor the pitcher’s plate, or touches a runner, a fielder or anumpire, thereby permitting any runner to advance; orRule 9.12(a)(7) Comment: The official scorer shall apply thisrule even when it appears to be an injustice to a fielder whosethrow was accurate. For example, the official scorer shallcharge an error to an outfielder whose accurate throw to secondbase hits the base and caroms back into the outfield, therebypermitting a runner or runners to advance, because every baseadvanced by a runner must be accounted for.(8) whose failure to stop, or try to stop, an accurately thrownball permits a runner to advance, so long as there wasoccasion for the throw. If such throw was made to secondbase, the official scorer shall determine whether it wasthe duty of the second baseman or the shortstop to stopthe ball and shall charge an error to the negligent fielder.Rule 9.12(a)(8) Comment: If, in the official scorer’s judgment,there was no occasion for the throw, the official scorer shallcharge an error to the fielder who threw the ball.121