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• The batter is out when:
  • the third strike is pitched and caught in flight;
  • on any third strike, if a baserunner is on first and there are fewer than two outs;
  • he bunts foul with two strikes;
  • he commits interference;
  • he fails to bat in his proper turn;
  • he hits a pitch with a foot entirely outside of the batter's box;
  • he steps from one batter's box to the other when the pitcher is ready to pitch; or
  • he is found to have used an altered bat

• The batter-runner is out when:
  • A fielder with a live ball in possession touches first base before the batter-runner reaches first base (except when the batter is awarded first base , such as on a base on balls);
  • A batted ball is caught in flight;
  • He hits an infield popup while the infield fly rule applies; or
  • With fewer than two outs, an infielder touches a batted ball in-flight, but intentionally allows the ball to fall to the ground, for the purpose of getting some other runner out

• Any baserunner, other than the batter-runner, is out when:
  • he is forced outIn baseball, a force play or force out referred to as a force when the possibility of such a play exists, is a situation when a baserunner is compelled to vacate his time-of-pitch base because the batter became a runner. This occurs if all bases preceding; that is, a fielder with a live ball in possession touches his force base before the runner reaches that base;
  • a fielder catches a batted ball in flight, and subsequently, some fielder with a live ball in possession touches the runner's time of pitchIn baseball, the time of pitch is that instant when the pitcher has begun his pitching motion and, by the rules, has committed himself to throwing the pitch. This instant thus occurs a few seconds before the pitcher actually releases the ball. A baserunne base before the runner tags upIn baseball, a runner must tag up if a batted ball is caught in flight. To tag up is to retouch the runner's time-of-pitch base after the ball is first touched. After a legal tag up, even if the ball was caught in foul territory, runners are free to attem ( appeal playIn baseball, an appeal play occurs when a member of the defensive team calls the attention of an umpire to an infraction which he would otherwise ignore. Live ball appeals A runner shall be called out, after a successful live ball appeal, if he: failed to);
  • while attempting to reach home base with fewer than two outs, the batter interferes with a fielder and such action hinders a potential tag out near home base; or
  • He is found to be an illegal substitute

• Any baserunner, including the batter-runner, is out when:
  • he is tagged outIn baseball a tag out sometimes just called a tag is a play in which a baserunner is out because he is touched by the fielder's hand holding a live ball while the runner is in jeopardy''. A baserunner is in jeopardy when: # he is not touching a base (othe; that is, touched by a fielder's hand holding a live ball while in jeopardyIn baseball a tag out sometimes just called a tag is a play in which a baserunner is out because he is touched by the fielder's hand holding a live ball while the runner is in jeopardy''. A baserunner is in jeopardy when: # he is not touching a base (othe, such as while not touching a base;
  • he passes a base without touching it and a member of the defensive team properly executes a live ball appeal;
  • he commits interference, such as when he contacts a fielder playing a batted ball, or when he contacts a live batted ball before it passes a fielder other than the pitcher;
  • he strays more than three feet (.91 meters) from his running baseline in attempting to avoid a tag;
  • he intentionally abandons his effort to run the bases; or
  • he runs the bases in reverse order in an attempt to confuse the defense or to make a travesty of the game.