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Normally I agree with the frustration at coaches for posting questions that a first read of a rulebook will answer. Coaches have a duty to be familiar with the basic rules of any game they are teaching kids to play.
In this case however, I'll disagree since this person is a fan, (I've never read a football or basketball rulebook in my life, since I am only a fan of those games) and he did not come here whining about the umpire screwing his kid's team, which is usually what we get from fans. He asked a question that happened in a game that his kid was not playing in. He probably innocently left out the detail on whether or not the defense actually appealed. He included enough detail to get a proper answer, assuming the defense appealed.
In this case, if the lead runner missed the plate, and the defense properly appealed for the third out, no following runners are allowed to score. As posted above, you must physically pass a runner on the base path to be called out.
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