When Does A Run Score On A Double Play?
Mark submitted on Invalid DateMike and I had an interesting time at the Yankees game yesterday. It was a seesaw game but we were both happy where it ended up. I have a question about one play that I was hoping someone could clarify for me. In the fourth inning with one out, the bases were loaded with Giambi on first, Abreu on second and Jeter on third. Nady hit a fly to left field that was caught. The runners on second and third tagged and ran to third and home respectively. I thought Jeter crossed home plate before Abreu was tagged out at third but the run was not counted. Mike had a recollection that in a one out situation, the run never scores if there is a double play. My recollection is that the second out has to be a force play and if it is not a force play, the run should be scored if the runner crosses the plate before the third out occurs. My theory is that the Yankees should have scores a run in the fourth because Abreu was not forced at third (he could have remained on second). Can anyone help us out here?
I was wrong on the facts
Mark submitted on Mon Aug 04 2008 18:06:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)According to Newsday (http://www.newsday.com/sports/ny-spyanks080408,0,6812046.story), Abreu was out before Jeter scored: <blockquote> The rally started an inning late because Bobby Abreu cost the Yankees a run with a boneheaded baserunning play that negated what would have been a sacrifice fly in the fourth. With the bases loaded and one out, Abreu tried to tag up from second on a fly to leftfield and was thrown out by Garret Anderson a split-second before Derek Jeter, who was running hard, crossed home plate. "That's an oops," Girardi said. The sliding Abreu didn't even reach third base before being tagged out. "Bad, bad, bad, really bad," said Abreu, who would have been better off stopping short of third or even falling down, if only to let Jeter score. </blockquote>
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