That Saturday’s 5-4 victory against the Angels ended when a batted ball hit a runner is not startling. That the same thing happened again, ending another big-league game hours later, is astounding.

A game had not ended by a runner hit by a batted ball since 2010, but on Saturday it happened not once, but twice Base runners hit by batted ball end two games in rare occurrence / Considering ...

Any batted ball that is ... out MLB dream If the glove doesn't hit the ball, there's no penalty. But as soon as it does, all runners, including the batter-runner, get three bases.

The purpose of the double first base is to reduce collisions between the defense and the batter-runner at first base ... include: • A batted ball hitting or bounding over the white portion ...

A batted ball hitting ... prior to the batter-runner returning to first base, it is treated the same as missing the base. Penalty: Batter-runner is out. On extra-base hits or other balls hit ...

The only glitch in Hunter Greene's outstanding pitching performance Friday, May 2 was his getting hit by a batted ball. He pitched afterward, and ended up striking out 12 in six innings ...