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Originally Posted by josephrt1
I think you are mixing situations. The runner closest to home would be called out only if the runner who interfered (batter-runner going to first) had already been put out. In this case she (batter-runner) had not already been put out. So simply a dead ball, batter-runner out for interference. 2 Outs.
Another note, is that in an attempt to break up a double play, the trailing runner is also out (not runner closest to home). [USA rule set]
Also hard to understand in this scenario how batter-runner is trying to break up a double play.
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A batter-runner is not a runner.
Breaking up a DP: if the interference is by a runner not yet retired, the trailing runner is also out. If by a retired runner, the runner closest to home is also out (which could end up being a trailing runner).
Assume for our purposes that the
batter-runner IS trying to break up a DP (because I told you so).