So you think you know baseball #2

[Nowani]

Here is a scenario that I don't think  has happened ever in a MLB game but let's see who knows the answer. I will post the answer after the Angel game tonight.

 

Billy Bob of the Atlanta Beavers is throwing a perfect game into the 7th inning . With two outs in the 7th, a ball is hit to the left fielder and dropped for an error. Billy Bob retires the next next 7 batters in a row and is credited with a perfect game. The final box score looks like this

 

                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  R  H   E

Hens        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0   0   2

Beavers   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 x     3   8   1 

 

How is this possible that he gets credit for a perfect game?

[St1ck]

the ball was in foul territory 

[Stradling]

the ball was in foul territory

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[Stradling]

Or the batter was Aybar, the left fielder drops the fly ball, then he throws Aybar out trying to go to second.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

the ball was in foul territory 

I think that's the only way it would still be considered a perfect game. If it was in fair territory and the runner reached base on the error, I don't see how it could still be considered a "perfect game".

[Docwaukee]

yeah.  a little trickery with the wording 'retires the next seven batters'.  One of those batters being the guy that hit the foul ball for an error. 

[Jay]

Seems kind of strange that the official scorer would score an ERROR for a dropped foul ball when a runner didn't reach/advance.

[St1ck]

Seems kind of strange that the official scorer would score an ERROR for a dropped foul ball when a runner didn't reach/advance.

 

 

 

It happens. 

[fan_since79]

It was an error because the batter should have been out. His dropped catch gave the hitter another chance.

[DW711]

Here is a scenario that I don't think  has happened ever in a MLB game but let's see who knows the answer. I will post the answer after the Angel game tonight.

 

Billy Bob of the Atlanta Beavers is throwing a perfect game into the 7th inning . With two outs in the 7th, a ball is hit to the left fielder and dropped for an error. Billy Bob retires the next next 7 batters in a row and is credited with a perfect game. The final box score looks like this

 

                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  R  H   E

Hens        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0   0   2

Beavers   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 x     3   8   1 

 

How is this possible that he gets credit for a perfect game?

 

Again, not looking at any of the above responses.

 

The only reason can be that the fly ball was in foul territory and the batter never reached base.

[Willy J.]

The batter was Albert.  Left fielder dropped the ball;  fumbled it trying to pick it up;  threw the ball to third; 3rd baseman still threw Albert out at first.

[stormngt]

It was an error because the batter should have been out. His dropped catch gave the hitter another chance.

just curious, does the batter get credit for 2 put outs?

[seenoevil]

Maybe he tried to pull a Pujols and try to stretch it to a double and got thrown out on the bases after the error?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

A foul ball is the only scenario I can think of. You don't see many errors called on balls dropped in foul territory, but I have seen it happen.

[Nowani]

ANSWER

 

 

OK so I think the answer was easy on this one as most got it right away. The left fielder dropped a ball in foul territory and was charged with an error. This is the only situation that does not nullify a perfect game. If he dropped the fly ball and threw the runner out at 2nd the perfect game would still be over because the batter had reached base safely before being thrown out. 

 

Here is more info on the Perfect game from Wikipedia

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_game

 

I need to come up with more challenging ones. Well hopefully it at least made you think a little.