You can record 4 outs in an inning?

Took me awhile to figure it out, but I finally did.
(note: the D-backs did not actually record the fourth out of the inning)

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dropped third strike

Blessed be baseball!

by Daedalus on Apr 14, 2009 12:57 AM EDT reply actions

that's not actually four outs though

in the same sense that this would have been. That’s more like a shortstop getting an assist on a throw to first, but the first baseman drops the throw for an error.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 14, 2009 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions

that'd be like

the batter reaching first and them putting 3 outs on the board

by sharks on Apr 14, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions

When an umpires dies

Its probably going to happen - bend over

by Madville on Apr 14, 2009 7:52 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I wonder what happens in the box score if you have 4 outs in an inning?

Does the pitcher get credit for another 1/3 inning pitched?

And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...

by Paul Householder on Apr 15, 2009 11:47 AM EDT reply actions

I would think so

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 15, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions

is that if the D-Backs had appealed the call at 3rd and recorded the out, that runner would then become the 3rd out instead of scoring. and the out at 1st would then become moot. so while existentially there would be 4 outs, only 3 outs would be recorded in the ledger. at least, that’s the way im seeing it.

My millions are unconventional!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 15, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions