They ended up ruling correctly by calling R1 OUT on the tag, now 2 outs, R3 scores.
As he was describing this play to me, he started to over-analize. He said he should have called BR OUT for "passing" R1, and then R3's advance would have been a time play (did he score before the 3rd OUT, R1 being tagged).
He insisted BR "passed" and I insisted he did not.
I told him he got the play right and luckily didn't apply his "alternate" ruling. That would have turned a mess into a disaster.
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