Rules

[soberdennis]

I am not sure where to put this. If it belongs somewhere else, could someone move it.
My question is Where in the rules does it say that when a runner is hit with a batted ball, the batter is credited with a hit?

[jbooth]

I am not sure where to put this. If it belongs somewhere else, could someone move it.
My question is Where in the rules does it say that when a runner is hit with a batted ball, the batter is credited with a hit?

10.05 BASE HITS
A base hit is a statistic credited to a batter when such batter reaches base safely, as set forth in this Rule 10.05.
(a) The official scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when:

(5) a fair ball that has not been touched by a fielder touches a runner or an umpire, unless a runner is called out for having been touched by an Infield Fly, in which case the official scorer shall not score a hit;