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Ding ding ding. Exactly.
Bases loaded, no outs, R1 crosses the plate before anything else happens, F3 settling under a foul pop (ok, for those definition guys... a pop up over foul ground). BR, seeing that R1 is dead meat for leaving early (as is R2 and R1), plows F3 before he can make the catch.
BR out for INT. By RULE, R2 is out and R1 scores. And R1 cannot be ruled out for leaving early, as there was no catch (EVEN if F3 actually catches the ball - the catch never happened - it was after the immediate dead ball caused by the INT).
If a better application of the rule prohibiting a team from gaining advantage from their transgression exists, I'm unaware of it. Mike's "sometimes life isn't fair" argument is a horrible excuse.
And the OP is not THAT far different from this one (since the timing and even existence of the catch/no catch is not clear, the call of IFF is not clear, and the location of the ball ("near the 1B line") is not clear enough.
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