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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
See Travis' explanation just before this post. He pretty much nails it.
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Not really. Travis seems to be saying that the run would not have counted because the runner wouldn't have crossed the plate before the base was tagged. That's not the case. The run would not count if he tagged the base, because that would make it a "force out" which overrides any runs that would score. 3 guys on base could cross the plate before the force out was made, but as long as someone tags the base to get the out before the defense leaves the field, none of the runs count. By tagging the runner instead, that is considered a non force-out... so it is treated just like any other out when figuring up when a run counts. For example, when a runner is caught in a rundown for the final out of the inning, if a man crosses the plate before the runner is tagged out, the run counts. Same thing here. It is treated like a rundown situation if the runner is tagged to get him out instead of the base tagged for the force out.