I am the plate umpire. Ball is hit with bat by batter.
Ball travels straight down and mysteriously bounds toward the pitcher's mound.
Runner advances to first with no call from me and no attempt at play by defense. I didn' t see the ball after it went down and presumably hit the plate. After runner reached first, I called time and asked my base umpire what he seen. Must of been looking at the birds. Play stands after inspection of ball and seeing no shoe marks.