Re: Baseball ruling - You make the call.
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The relief pitcher takes the stats for whatever happens in his inherited at-bat, except if he inherits a count with one or more balls in it, and walks the batter. In that case, the walk is charged to the injured pitcher.
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Yea, this sounds right.
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Rule 10.18 (h) Example (1)
(1) If, when pitchers are changed, the count is
2 balls, no strike,
2 balls, 1 strike,
3 balls, no strike,
3 balls, 1 strike,
3 balls, 2 strikes,
and the batter gets a base on balls, charge that batter and the base on balls to the preceding pitcher, not to the relief pitcher.
The count needs to have more balls than strikes in order for the previous pitcher to get credit for the walk.
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