Foul ball
In
baseball, a
foul ball is a batted ball that is not a
foul tip, and that...
- settles on foul ground between home and first base, or home and third base, or\n* bounds past first or third base on or over foul territory, or\n* first falls on foul territory beyond first or third base, or\n* first touches the person of an umpire, player, or any object foreign to the natural ground while on or over foul ground, or\n* passes out of the playing field in flight while over foul ground.
When any
foul or
fair batted ball is caught in-flight, the batter is out. When a batter
bunts foul with two
strikes, he is out. Otherwise, when a batted ball becomes a foul ball, the ball is dead, all
runners must return to their
time-of-pitch base, and the batter continues to bat.
It is common for a ball moving in or over fair territory to become a foul ball. Batted balls can also be fair balls or foul tips.
