Tagging Up after Ball Thrown Out-of-Play
With one out and runners on third base (R3) and first base (R1), R1 is stealing on the pitch. The batter flies to right field, where the ball is caught for the second out. After the catch, the right fielder throws towards first base where he could easily have doubled up R1 (since R1 was stealing and was far away from first base). However, the right fielder air-mails his throw over the first baseman and out of play. R3 had properly tagged up, but had not yet crossed home plate when the ball went out of play.
The umpire calls "time' and properly awards R1 third base (two bases from the time of the right fielder's throw) and awards R3 home. When R1 arrives at third base, the defensive coach goes to the umpire and thinks R1 should have gone back to first base to tag up before he advanced to third base on the award (R1 did not return to first base to tag up).
A) Is the defensive coach correct that a runner must properly tag up even when the runner is awarded bases?
B) If R1 is called out for not tagging up, this would be the third out of the inning. Does R3's run count?