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B2 is out for failing to bat.
R1 is out on successful appeal play
Two outs, B3 is returned to the plate.
Will the average person read that in the NHFS text? Probably not. It has always been the NFHS position that the actions of the improper batter are erased. If she gets on base - remove her. If she gets out - ignore the out. The results of the improper batter becoming a B-R are the same as ASA - no advancement of other runners; outs on other runners remain.
In 2003 NFHS re-wrote Rule 7 and copied much of the ASA text. Thus the out made by an improper batter would stand and you could get the infamous ASA Triple Play on BOO.
I questioned NFHS on that and the Softball Committee (M.S.) issue an "administrative ruling" to ignore the text and go back to the old ruling. (I posted that ruling here in 2003.}
In 2004 NFHS changed the text of 7.2.2 Effect; attempting to get back to the old interpretation. IMO, they didn't do it right and would have been better off bringing back the old text.
I have talked with members of the NFHS Committee and they do not want the out on the improper batter to stand. They just don't say it very well.
(But the case book is very clear about removing the improper batter from the base whether she is next to bat or not.!)
WMB
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