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The umpire could have possibility placed the runner in jeopardy with his time out call.
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Actually, he may have removed her from jeopardy with the timeout call. As I said on eteamz, there is no penalty for entering the dead ball area during a dead ball. (See ASA Case Plays 8.2-10 and 8.2-11).
I agree with your solution... put the runner back on 1st.
The rigamarole of tossing the ball around shows the umpire did not really know the situation.