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Here's the situation: Top of the seventh, 1 out, and men on second and third. The away team is down 1. A deep fly ball is hit to center, which is caught. The runner on second forgets to tag, so he is doubled up at second. The runner on third reached home plate before the out at second though. So the question is, does the run count?

What confuses me is if it were a simple 6-4-3 with runners on first and third, then the run would not count. But I'm not sure if the same rule applies to the odd force out at second base.
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No force unless a runner is forced to advance because of the B becoming a runner. This sit. R2 didn't have to go for two reasons, no R1 and the B didn't become a runner.

The myth;
The touching of the bag on an appeal play looks the same as a force out i.e. the OP could very well have had F4 stretching for the throw and R2 sliding back into 2nd, throw wins by a 1/2" looks just like a force, it is not. When the third out "is not" a force out, the run scores if it happened first.

An appeal for "a force out" however will negate a run. That's when a runner misses a base he is forced to; bases juiced base hit R3 scores, R2 misses 3rd and scores, upon appeal of the miss at 3B by R2 (a base he was forced too) the 3rd out was a force and R3's run don't count.

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