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Originally Posted by youngump
A runner can be called out on appeal for failing to touch second and her coach can be tossed for arguing about it. Neither is particularly relevant here. I'm not sure what you're trying to argue. If there wasn't a rule making the batter on a dead ball strike 3, she wouldn't be out, she'd be entitled to advance with liability to be put out which would be awkward with the ball being dead.
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You are right, irrelevant.
And she would be out. The strike comes first, the contact with the batter second. Always has been dating back to the 1930s