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I can't think of any way to get this correct currently.(f) When in the scorer's judgment a runner attempting to steal is safe because of a muffed throw, the official scorer shall not credit a stolen base. The official scorer shall credit an assist to the fielder who made the throw, charge an error to the fielder who muffed the throw and charge the runner with "caught stealing."
You are right, this is the problem. In our league (Germany) we have also this rule and I'm searching for a solution to score the CS. Until we find a solution (or an update) I will use the "error-solution" mentioned before.PetroGuy wrote:danmcc, I think the issue is because the runner should be charged with a caught stealing as per MLB rule 10.07f.
MLB 10.07 ...
(f) When in the scorer's judgment a runner attempting to steal is safe because of a muffed throw, the official scorer shall not credit a stolen base. The official scorer shall credit an assist to the fielder who made the throw, charge an error to the fielder who muffed the throw and charge the runner with "caught stealing."
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(h) The official scorer shall charge a runner as "caught stealing" if such runner is put out, or would have been put out by errorless play, when such runner
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