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I'd have to get more info on what was meant by "stuck in glove."  If the ball literally became stuck in the webbing, then it's a slowly made play, which is not an error.  It's also not an FC because an FC is scored only if the out could have been made at first but for the effort to go home.  If the ball truly got stuck, then no out could've been made at first, either, which means it's a hit.  I know that sounds weird but it's no less of a hit than when someone's bat breaks and the ball bloops over the infield. 

If "stuck in glove" means the fielder fumbled with the ball repeatedly while trying to get a grip to throw, then given that the play was being attempted to home, the batter runner reaches first on a FC and the runner from third scores on an E1.  (This assumes that an out would have been made at home, had the play been made cleanly.  The scorekeeper should actually make a judgment call on whether this is the case, and that would include assessing things like how good a jump the runner had on the play.

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