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A forced runner's force base is the base after his time-of-pitch base. Any attempt by fielders to put a forced runner Out is called a '''force play'''. A forced runner is out (called a '''force out''') when a fielder with the ball touches the runner's force base before the runner reaches that base. A forced runner also may be Tagged Out in the usual fashion as well; such a tag is still considered a force play if the tag is made before the runner reaches his force base. Any play on the Batter-runner before he reaches first base is the same as a force play, though the rules technically do not include this in the definition of a force play. SCORING ON FORCE OUTS No Run can be scored during the same continuous playing action as a force out for the third out, even if a runner reaches Home Plate before the third out is recorded. As a result, on a batted ball with two outs, fielders will nearly always ignore a runner trying to score, attempting instead to force out the batter or another runner. An Appeal Play may also be a force play; for example, with runners on first and third bases and two out, suppose the batter gets a hit but the runner from first misses second base on the way to third. After a proper appeal, this runner will be called out. This is a force out because the runner was out for failing to touch a base to which he was forced; this force out is the third out and thus the run does not score. However, most appeals are not force plays, because appeals usually do not involve a forced runner. |
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