<P> Suppose there are runners on second and third base with two outs, and the batter hits a ground ball to third base . The runner from third scores, but the runner from second base is tagged out for the third out . Since the runner from third reached home plate before the third out was recorded, and the third out was not a force out or on the batter - runner before reaching first base, it would seem that a run scored (and should count) before the third out was recorded . However, suppose that the batter - runner fell down on his way to first base and was injured, unable to walk (or that, having seen the runner tagged out, turned around and headed for the dugout before reaching first base). Then suppose that the fielders throw to first base, or tag the batter out . Since no run can score if the last out is made on the batter before he reaches first base, this fourth out prevents a run from scoring . Thus the runner from third is marked as left on base and his apparent run does not count; the runner from second is also left on base and his out is nullified; the batter - runner is out, which now becomes the actual third out . </P> <P> There are runners at first and third with two outs . The runners are attempting to steal on the pitch . The batter grounds to the shortstop . The runner from third base reaches home; then, the shortstop tags the runner who has rounded second (third out). The shortstop then throws to first base, which beats the batter - runner for the fourth out . The fourth out is on the batter before he reaches first base, so it replaces the apparent third out and nullifies the run . </P> <P> On April 12, 2009, in the top of the second inning in a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers scored a run because the Diamondbacks failed to record a fourth out . With one out and Juan Pierre on second base and Andre Ethier on third base, Dodgers pitcher Randy Wolf hit a line drive that was caught by Diamondbacks pitcher Dan Haren . Both Pierre and Ethier broke on contact without tagging up from their respective bases, and Haren, noticing this, threw the ball to Diamondbacks second baseman Felipe Lopez, who tagged out Pierre, but not until after Ethier crossed home plate . Upon tagging out Pierre, the Diamondbacks left the field, thinking that the inning was over and the run did not count . Had Lopez simply stepped on second base--prior to Either crossing the plate--no run would have been scored . Because first base was open, instead of a force play, the play became a "time play", requiring the home plate umpire (for this game, Larry Vanover) to judge the position of Ethier at the time that Pierre was put out . After all of the Diamondbacks players had left fair territory (and therefore losing the chance to launch an appeal play to appeal Ethier's failure to tag from third base), Dodgers bench coach Bob Schaefer informed manager Joe Torre of what was then Rule 7.10 (now Rule 5.09 (c)) regarding fourth outs, and Torre went to Vanover to alert him of the rule and situation . Vanover then discussed the situation with crew chief Charlie Reliford, and Dodgers were awarded the run before the bottom of the second inning began . If the Diamondbacks had launched an appeal play at third base before leaving the field to garner a fourth out, Ethier's failure to tag from third base would have become the actual third out of the inning and the run would not have scored, and this out would have taken precedence because it would have erased the run . </P> <P> On April 18, 2014, in the bottom of the second inning of a game between the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves, the Braves squelched an incipient Mets offensive threat by recording an "insurance" fourth out that anticipated a potential video replay appeal (there was a major expansion of reviewable plays in MLB starting with the 2014 season) by Mets manager Terry Collins . With two out and Lucas Duda as the runner at first, Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud grounded softly to the right side and, attempting to beat the throw by Braves second baseman Dan Uggla to first baseman Freddie Freeman, was ruled out at first on an extremely close play . Yet with three outs now recorded, Freeman spotted Duda, put in motion by d'Arnaud's grounder and having slowed down, attempting to reach third base and threw the ball across the diamond to third baseman Chris Johnson, who successfully tagged Duda out before he could reach the bag . Moments later Collins, who had emerged from the dugout to challenge the out at first (replays shown to the television audience revealed that d'Arnaud was actually safe at first and that Collins would probably have won his appeal) was forced to retreat to the dugout without using his challenge when he realized that Freeman and Johnson's successfully recorded fourth out had rendered his challenge meaningless . </P>

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