Did he hit for the cycle or not?

[barnestormer]

There's an interesting scenario that popped up by someone who was playing one of his baseball games and posted the following question in the Sports Simulations and Replays group on Facebook:

David BaseballDemos
July 4 at 7:01 PM

To Cycle or Not To Cycle... That Is The Question.

I may or may not have just rolled a cycle in Relay Baseball. 2017 Nats @ Phillies, bottom of the 11th, score tied at 9 with runners on the corners. Howie Kendrick up. He had previously singled, tripled and homered. The result is a 36 in column 3 which says it's a double. However, as soon as the runner on 3rd crosses the plate the game is over so realistically I am thinking he only gets a single. What say the group?

(BTW, this is not me. I've never even heard of Relay Baseball until this post showed up in my email.)

Personally, I would credit the batter with only a single and an RBI, unless he represented the tying or winning run. If that were the case, then he would be credited for the double and the cycle. However, since the runner on 3rd crossed home plate and scored the winning run, any extra bases the batter would've received would be considered irrelevant. But that's just my opinion. What's yours?

[Sinclair Promotions]

This is an interesting scenario, the player could be awarded with the cycle by saying it was a ground rule double then two runs would score to give the home team the victory. I know from playing MLB The Show for the last few years that whenever I push a double into a triple where the throw goes home to try and get the lead runner out I usually only get credited for the double.

In all honesty it would come down to how said player wanted to score the game, as you said as soon as the runner on third crossed the plate the game would technically be over, so the single would count at least.

[graymar]

From MLB.COM Official Scorer Rules:

Rule 10.06 to 10.07

(f) Subject to the provisions of Rule 10.06(g), when a batter ends a game with a safe hit
that drives in as many runs as are necessary to put his team in the lead, the official
scorer shall credit such batter with only as many bases on his hit as are advanced by
the runner who scores the winning run, and then only if the batter runs out his hit for
as many bases as are advanced by the runner who scores the winning run.

Rule 10.06(f) Comment: The official scorer shall apply this rule even when the batter is
theoretically entitled to more bases because of being awarded an “automatic” extra-base hit under
various provisions of Rules 6.09 and 7.05.
The official scorer shall credit the batter with a base touched in the natural course of play, even if
the winning run has scored moments before on the same play. For example, the score is tied in the
bottom of the ninth inning with a runner on second base and the batter hits a ball to the outfield that falls
for a base hit. The runner scores after the batter has touched first base and continued on to second
base but shortly before the batter-runner reaches second base. If the batter-runner reaches second base, the
official scorer shall credit the batter with a two-base hit.

(g) When the batter ends a game with a home run hit out of the playing field, the batter
and any runners on base are entitled to score.

www.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2007/10_the_official_scorer.pdf