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To me there are two issues.
One is - if the appeal out is a force, no runs score. I believe there's a direct quote in the book that says that the status of the play AT THE TIME OF THE APPEAL is what matters (as opposed to OBR Baseball's "at the time of the runner reaching the base" timing). In fact, I think the book specifically says that if BR is put out behind the runner in question, that the appeal is no longer a force for the purposes of this rule.
The second is - does the succeeding runner (r3 on first) score. I believe 5-5-c is the right rule, but if not, it's close to that. It says something along the lines of "No run shall score if a preceding runner is called out on appeal for the 3rd out".
So I have 1 run scoring on this play.
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