Purposely scratching in 8-ball?

[Josh W]

I was playing in a 8-ball tourny at Hardtimes in Bellflower a few years ago, and an unusual situation came up. They played ball-in-hand, and have the 3 scratches rule (if you scratch on 3 consecutive shots, you lose).

Player A had scratched twice, and had only one object ball left. His object ball (OB) was near the rail, covered on all 3 sides by Player B's OBs. Player B's shot.

Player B intentionally scratched, leave A with ball in hand. However, given the setup, there was no way for A to even TOUCH his ball. He just conceded the match at that point.

Josh