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Originally Posted by Mountaincoach
You described the classic example of the only time that a fielder can use the orange bag to get a runner out, when they're coming from foul territory back toward the line. It's a safety consideration to avoid a collision. When F3 found that orange bag with her foot, the BR should have been called out.
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The rule says the defense can use the orange base if the throw is coming from foul territory, if the play takes the fielder into foul territory or if an errant throw draws the fielder onto the orange base. None of those situations were described in the op, the fielder simply was not set up on the white base and went to the orange. Based on the op not calling an out for touching only the orange base would be correct.