watching the LA/Phil game last night. wild pitch and batter takes first. I am by no means a scorekeeper... so here's my question.... batter is charged with an at bat, pitcher charged with a wild pitch and credited with a strike out? batters BA goes down and OBP up? those were actually questions not statements. also what else happens scoring wise in this sitch? thanks
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You have that all right, except that the batter's reaching in this situation is not a credit to his on-base average. Reaching on a wild pitch is like reaching on an error -- it was given to the batter, not earned.
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