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The direction a runner is moving doesn't change the rules we go by.
If a batter misses first base on a close play, and F3 catches the ball while on first base AFTER BR has passed first base (even though she didn't touch), BR is not out, and F3 must make an unmistakeable appeal that BR had missed first base.
This play is exactly the same, but in the other direction, and the umpire is to assume the runner "achieved" the base when she passes it. The fielder must appeal the miss (or tag the runner off the base).
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