Which sentence uses correct punctuation?

a. the baseball player hit the ball and, the crowd cheered.

b. the baseball player hit the ball, and the crowd cheered. (this one? )

c. the baseball player hit the ball; and the crowd cheered.

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.

i think its c

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