Rule 8

Section 4:

Runner Is Out

Article 1...

     The Batter / Runner is Out When:

[a]

His / her fair hit ball is legally fielded (caught) by a fielder before he / she touches the activated base; or

[b]

His / her fair or foul fly ball is caught by a fielder before it touches the ground, an umpire or other game official, a spotter, the pitcher or catcher, any object foreign to the natural ground, or any person other than another defensive fielder; or

[c]

After hitting the ball, his / her bat again touches the ball in fair territory, or touches the ball before it has passed the forty - foot line when there is a chance that the ball could have crossed the line if contact had not been made, the ball is dead and the runner is out.

EXCEPTION:

If the bat and the ball come in contact a second time while the batter is still holding the bat at or in the plate area, it is a foul ball; or

[d]

Runner is out when he is touched by or touches a fair hit ball before the ball is touched by a fielder, unless such touching occurs while the batter is still at the plate (foul ball); or

[e]

He / she touches or is touched by his / her hit ball which is rolling toward first or third base, inside the base line, before the ball has crossed the forty - foot line and there is a possibility that the ball could have crossed the line if the runner had not had contact with the ball; or

[f]

There is interference with a fielder by any person associated with the offensive team.

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