Editing Pinch runner (section)

===Mid-play runners===
During major-league history, there have been a few instances of "mid-play runners".<ref name=retro/> This is a rare situation where the Official Rules allow an injured baserunner to be substituted,<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Baseball Rules |date=2023 |page=64 |section=Rule 5.12(b)(3)(A) |url=https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/wqn5ah4c3qtivwx3jatm.pdf |publisher=Office of the Commissioner of Baseball |isbn=978-1-63727-284-8 |via=mlbstatic.com |quote=If an accident to a runner is such as to prevent him from proceeding to a base to which he is entitled, as on a home run hit out of the playing field, or an award of one or more bases, a substitute runner shall be permitted to complete the play. |accessdate=August 13, 2024}}</ref> and play then resumes.<ref name=retro/> Two known instances—occurring in 1977 and 2005—occurred when a baserunner entitled to score was injured such that he had to be removed from the game, and a substitute was allowed to enter the game to finish the base running and score the run.<ref name=retro/> A similar instance, which occurred in 2008 but did not involve injury, occurred due to a [[Instant replay in Major League Baseball|replay review]] that turned an apparent single, following which the batter was replaced by a pinch runner, into a home run—the pinch runner then ran out the home run to score the run.<ref name=retro/>