Baseball Scoring Question

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Posted By: Josh

We're having a debate in the auction office...

this just happened in a Nationals game last week and I am still unsure of how it is officially scored.

The pitcher is at the plate, hitting for himself. He has a 2-1 count on him and he tries to bunt. The ball is fouled off the ground and comes back up and hits him in the eye. He cannot continue his at bat, so they bring in a pinch hitter for him.

The pinch hitter takes one pitch for a strike out. Is the strike out given to the original batter who left with a 2-2 count on him or to the guy that took the one final strike?

While we're there, say the new batter took two pitches for a walk...would that be credited to the original batter who took the first two balls or the second batter who took the last two?

I figure there is no better place to ask this question than on this board.

thanks in advance.
Josh
Huggins and Scott Auctions