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Was the ball catchable by an infielder with ordinary effort? If yes, the infield fly rule is in effect whether or not anyone tries to play on it or not
Now, once the infield fly rule is called, all it does is cause the BR to be automoatically out, regardless of the result of the play. Everything else is still the same. If the ball is caught, the runners must tag. If the ball is not, they are not required to.
In your situation, it sounds like IFR is the correct call, but he should not have called R1 out for not tagging up. There is no tag up requirement if the ball is not caught, ever, even on an IFR.
Hope this helps.
-Josh
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